The car is efficient enough for it to do something (20-30 miles a day in summer if I remember), but yes it’s mostly marketing and they say as much. “Solar electric car” sounds a lot better than “this car is pretty normal but it’s super efficient”

My dad worked with a guy who is designing a system like this and it makes all the sense.

1. you shade the parking spaces

2. you absorb less heat into the ground than tarmac

3. free energy

4. direct panel-to-car charging for EVs

Yeah but they have thousands of tons of steel going overhead and rocks and dust all around. I don’t really see the advantage compared to a solar farm or a roof where they’re easier to set up and maintain

Hell yeah, a Lemmy poet!

There are two podcast episodes about this guy, his siblings, and their mother called Breaking The Oath. Very good and they interview all of them too.

Does she dream of facehuggers?

Fixed :) I need to remember to use “they” on here

god DAMMIT SHE JUST WON’T STOP

Large online communities like this gathering is one of my favorite things about the Internet

Germany’s brown coal mines are so dumb. Seems like a US thing to do tbh

This is in Australia.

From the article:

““I was just so bored on the weekends like, you know, it can get really boring there’s not much to do in Harden,” Poppy said.”

So we can assume it’s not full-time and they are going to school

…You do realize this was in Australia? But yes keep blaming the democrats if it makes you feel better

She’s gonna get me! Oh no!

What is happening in these comments? They aren’t related at all

SSSS class generations can harness the power output of a galaxy

Good old Gen SS