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Subject: Not so Micropower Robots
From: steve.jones@mecheng.fullfeed.com (Steve Jones)
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Date: Wed,  6 Jul 94 11:56:00 -0600
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C> The wild thing for me was that the solar panel is rated
C>at .5V @ 1.2A (1200 mAh!) Cost was $55.00 + tax. 

Pretty eye opening, huh?!  Photovoltaics (PV) or solar panels
are still expensive these days.  There are economies of scale
though, the bigger the system, say 100 kW, the less expensive on
a per kW basis.  

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