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Sweden is testing a semi-truck trailer covered in 100 square meters of solar panels::A Swedish manufacturer wants to harness green energy from a cargo trailer's free real estate.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

Putting solar on moving vehicles makes no sense except for very specific use cases.

Install those same panels on the ground and you can point them at a good angle for sunlight capture 24/7, don't have to literally carry the weight of them everywhere, don't have to worry about them getting dirty all the time from moving around winter roads, and are much easier to repair.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm not a solarogist, but how do you capture sunlight 24/7?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Oops 🙊 you know what I mean though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

bet on moonshine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Put solar panels on a vehical and move it around the globe xD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Put the panels on a plane that flies above the cloud and chases the sun around the earth. And then use all the captured energy to power… the plane?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's Sweden, it works weird

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Solar panels on one side, lunar panels on the other! Boom! Free electricity 24/7!

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