The photo at left comes along with the comment:
A creative Tesla owner recently took sustainability into his own hands by installing a solar roof on his Model 3, testing whether it could generate enough energy to charge the electric vehicle independently—and it worked. The modification integrates solar panels seamlessly onto the car’s roof, capturing sunlight and converting it into electricity to supplement or even fully power the vehicle’s battery.
I saw a Prius with PV roof at a car show in 2009 when I first got interested EVs. They look cool, and if that’s important to you, please be my guest.
The reason they are a rarity though is math and physics. At most places on the planet, Earth receives about 1000 Watts/square meter. Assuming 8 hours per day of high-grade sunshine, 3.5 square meters of PV, an efficiency of 25%, that’s 250 Watthours/day. This translates to about one mile per day for the typical EV.
If you want to fully power your 100 KWhr Tesla, that’s 400 days, just over a year–not too compelling.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/01/12/roof-mounted-solar-pv-for-your-ev/
Most Americans who have the means to travel have rented a car in Paris and driven it all over France. I happen to be the first Avis renter to pick up a car at Heathrow and take it through the Chunnel on my way to Paris, on my way to Stuttgart in western Germany.
How much French do I know? Close to zero. I don’t even know the French word for “zero.’ Was I a menace to the French? Doubt it.
This strikes me as pure MAGA racism. It’s an appeal to punish people with brown skin, or preferably, take them and their little children into detention and ultimately deport them. The more pain, the better.
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Today’s America admires the rich, and we have no problem if our leaders are sociopathic rapists.
The more damage they do to the common U.S. citizen, the more we love them.
All they really need to do in order to retain our adoration is to continue to punish people with brown skin and give tax breaks to billionaires.
Quality education, healthcare, protecting our environment, and affordability are all issues for woke communists and sissies.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/08/12/is-trump-the-greatest-president-ever/
Let’s not rush to judgement here.
OK, he’s an alcoholic Fox New host who’s led the U.S. military into a huge quagmire that, day by day, continues to destroy the U.S. and world economy.
My gardener is just as well qualified to lead the largest military in human history.
But Hegseth is 100% loyal to Trump. Nothing else matters.
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