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by jameshart 3974 days ago
Or, using the numbers provided for this actual product which exists, rather than a spherical LED on a frictionless plane, we raise a 12kg mass 1.8m and get a 0.1W LED light for 20 minutes. Do you think THAT's practical?
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0.1W LED light is as bright as one of those clip on book reading lights, they only look bright in pictures. It's not quite useless, but you can build a 0.1w for 12 hour solar light with a 12' cord for ~2$ making the whole thing a joke.
Ok, I confess to not reading the article, I was just reacting to the comment. That actually starts making a lot of sense.