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		Sebb767 on Oct 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars > that I could easily burn in my car, tractor (with PTO generator), or whatever. Or in a generator, for use in your EV :-) Whereas it will be hard to run your diesel car or tractor on solar power.

_hyn3 on Oct 7, 2024 [–]

It will take quite a long time to charge an EV on solar power (or off a portable generator). The power density is just very inefficient compared to the huge mass of the batteries.

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