Friday, June 1, 2012
The future looks sunny
At last, summer is here and the sun is out.
So many of us young people seem to be solar powered these days. In the dark winter months, we stay at home after work playing computer games, surfing the net and watching television, then suddenly the sun’s out and our solar powered social lives, solar powered smiles and solar powered sun tans bring us into the parks, pubs and sports clubs.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a viable solar powered car to go with it all? For a generation that has grown up with anxieties about global warming and our role in minimising the impact, there would be very few young drivers unenthusiastic about the chance to drive about town in a solar powered vehicle.Right now a team of students from Bochum University are trying to travel round the world in an exclusively solar powered car, christened the SolarWorld GT.
As a rule, they’re not allowed to take any power from the grid. "We want to show that it's possible to drive round the world on solar power. And if the sun doesn't shine, then we have to wait around in the same place for two or three days,” said one of the team.
Before you ask what the point is of a vehicle that requires constant high-intensity sunshine, remember that the technology is improving and that solar panels are predicted to become considerably more efficient over the next few decades.
So, while it may not be us who get young driver car insurance quotes for solar powered vehicles, it could well be our kids. I, for one, look forward to this day.
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Labels: car insurance quotes, solar powered, young drivers
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