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Mercedes-Benz says its testing solar power generating vehicle-paint that could coat vehicles, and generate 100% of their power requirements in sunny cities like Los Angeles. (evcentral.com.au)

submitted 1 week ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] Lugh 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The paint thickness they reference here is 5 micrometers, a tenth of the thickness of human hair. If covering a car with this is enough to power an average day's journey in sunny climates, why not paint everything with it? Buildings, garden walls, etc?

Our near future lives may be both energy rich and energy independent. As the meme says, 'Petro-states hate this one simple trick …'

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

We don't do that because this won't work. If it's too good to be true, it's not true.