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I'm only half kidding. I'm a bit of a prepper and I have lots of powerbanks and devices that charge from USB but besides idling my truck I really had no other way to charge any of them in case of a long-term power outage which seemed a bit of an oversight on my part.

Not like this solves the issue. 30 watts (under ideal conditions) isn't much but it's a start.

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[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're moving the goalposts. You said nothing rechargeable besides flashlights isn't going to be of any use in the apocalypse which is an obviously false statement as demonstrated by the pushback you're getting. The size of the solar system wasn't part of the argument you made.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Interesting, because I said this

nothing that you can charge

“you” is you, the OP, the one showcasing his 30W solar panel.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

You'd still be falsely assuming that I'm limited by the output wattage of the panel itself despite it enabling me to charge a powerbank that can output 150 watts.

I don't really understand exactly what you're doing here anyway. Like, do you just find people who get excited about things and then go piss all over it because that's fun or something?