You are mistaken. Current technology requires a LOT of light to generate usable amounts of electricity.
It's hard to find real data, so let's just take an example from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EQ8WKA#moreAboutThisProduct >From the ad copy: >Charging 2 AA (or AAA) batteries in only 10 hours, this is one of the the fastest AA/AAA solar chargers money can buy! Now, assuming they've put the best possible 'light' on the product, that means 10 hours of full sunlight just to charge 2 small batteries. Multiply that by many times to recharge the much larger batteries on a FIOS device. Multiply that by x times if the sunlight is diffused. Sorry, but it's just not practical with today's solar cells; they're just too inefficient. BTW I don't even want to bring up that if you're getting that much direct sunlight in summer you're spending a fortune in air conditioning to offset it. Silly to try to compare 2 AA batteries to your AC draw. PS Solar homes have NOTHING to do with solar battery chargers. For god's sake take 2 seconds and CHANGE YOUR SUBJECT LINES please. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:51 PM, betty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've lived in a solar house since 1980. We have at least 100 trees. From > my experience with passive and active systems, all you need is > daylight--sun, clouds, rain or snowy weather, direct or reflected > light--to produce enough electricity to run a battery charger, or > produce enough electricity to run most home appliances, including > recharging a laptop; same weather conditions apply for heating and cooling. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
