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Originally Posted by Choopa Phil
What about the extra room/space needed to house these turbines? It would surely add additional weight as well since you would most likely need to make the chassis bigger to accommodate a turbine that could even charge such a battery. Takes power to make power in this case. I say throw some solar panels on all the sky facing body panels/bed
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i'm just playing around actually, but solar panels are not near efficient enough to do this. the surface space required + the fact they will never be angled right = not enough energy to recharge the batteries. 1 2x4 foot panel is rated at best under perfect conditions to crank out 100w, they never do that though, it's usually closer to 50w average. wind power is much much more efficient than solar.