A link I found on Digg to a device that recharges batteries with a solar panel. Sounds neat. Not going to cure the energy crisis or solve global warming, but I do find it annoying to see the little red LED on our battery charger on all the time. Go sun!
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Honest Assesment of What Hasn’t Worked
We have had some pretty surprising successes in our efforts to reduce energy consumption. But there are a number of things we have tried that don’t work as well as we want. (more…)