Seems it would be easy to convert the energy into a home power source.
...until one considers the sun.
Not always available
not in the same place ever. One needs a tracking device.
One third of the time, is hidden.
the efficiency starts off not very good, and gets worse.
the device needs to be in space, following the sun 24 7 and then it would be prohibitively expensive, or on tracks at the equator, and the same scenario would apply. Not agin it, just saying.
My father, an engineer says the following...
Hold your hand out in the Sun, does it burst into flames? NO. Because it really isn’t that intense.
Now soak your hand in 20 cents worth of gasoline and light a spark. That is intensely concentrated energy.
Yup....all good points. A couple times I was going to cook something in my solar oven. It was cloudy. Fail. :)
Like anything, there are advantages and disadvantages.
Really?! Why didn’t I think of that?
(rolling eyes)