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Old 06-01-2010, 10:00 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by striperman36 View Post
every flat roof in America put solar, even at its current cost and efficiency we could be largely rid of foreign resources for electrical power.
every train car and semi has a flat roof that is going unused for solar too

the problem as i see it is: our manufacturing method to make an automobile body .............right now......
we punch press metal then ad cusion ,insulation and plastic.

car bodies need to be semi transparent so the solar cells can be sandwiched in between -> so they should filter light like prescription sunglasses do (as well as change color) and create their own energy (power) when parked in the sun.
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