I added this link to the resource discussion on solar but think the idea is so stimulating that it merits its own topic.
A new nanotechnology product that allows fabrics, paint films and other surfaces to generate electricity at higher efficiencies than are now produced by expensive solar panels.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0114_050114_solarplastic.html
Now if it only becomes available to us before the oil companies buy up the rights ???
Apparently there's a second system in the works as well, this one from the EU instead of Canada.
There was a short thread on another list. I think we're waiting for production.
They'd have to be awfully inexpensive for me to want to have my clothes coated with solar panels. Not sure I want to have all the wires anyway, but, carpet in the back window of the car awning, sure.
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> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6802