• birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    45·
    2 days ago

    With the current energy prices for fossil, I feel like it’d be a smarter thing to charge them through off-grid solar.

    seriousness aside, this is cursed and awesome. wonder how long it’d take for the tank to run out after running modded Minecraft w/ shaders?

    • wizzor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      32·
      2 days ago

      My generator runs basically the same consumption regardless of whether you have a 150 or 300w load on it so probably the difference is going to be negligible.

    • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
      12·
      2 days ago

      Was about to say. I can’t help but feel like it’d be easier to put solar cells on the back of the laptop and let them charge its normal battery.

      I don’t think a solar array the size of the back of a laptop screen would be enough to run it, but it’d definitely be enough to charge it.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        For an old power hungry laptop, you’d probably want a 100w panel. They’re about 1x0.5 meters. And realistically they put out 75-80w most of the day.

        But none at night, when everyone wants to hear a chainsaw idling next door.