
EDN Editor Margery Conner brought the Solar Powered Kayak, helpfully outfitted with outriggers, to our attention as a candidate for most ludicrous green marketing claims. Or , you could jjust leave it at most ludicrous. She writes in her Powersource blog:
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It's a terrible twist of irony. The Chinese can't seem to keep the lead out, while everyone else may be doing too good of a job keeping it out. So reports the LA Times, in the article Lead phase-out may destroy electronics. The problem? Tin whiskers, like the ones on terminations, shown here..
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Roger Platt gleefully spotted this heavily shaded, solar-powered parking meter in Bargates Car park, High Street, Burton upon Trent. He wonders if the fact that the area is famous for beer and brewing had something to do with the decision to locate it under a leafy canopy and notes the irony in chopping branches or cutting down trees to accommodate these environmentally-friendly devices.
The website Ecofriend also notes that the UK's notoriously gloomy weather has plagued the performance of these meters. Adding further to the woes -- Platt says he's noticed a number of these panels installed facing North, something he says "your average Boy Scout can figure out is not the best direction to point a solar panel."
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