[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I’d much rather mine for King Coal, or drill for black gold....Texas Tea......

And for the US that would be best.

For some poor farmer who just wanted to be able to charge some batteries for his cell phone, radio and a couple of lamps this would be a nice solution.

[EyeGuy]

“For some poor farmer who just wanted to be able to charge some batteries for his cell phone, radio and a couple of lamps this would be a nice solution.”

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Maybe.

We shall see.

But my post, of course, was in response to the thread title which said:

“....panel that could be solution to developing world’s energy needs...”

This implies much more grandiose applications beyond just a few very small devices with extremely light energy requirements.