Solar chargers very crappy, however managed to get 60% out of a fully charged solar panel charger exposed to very little sun. Re-charging on car charger driving home. It has become a habit to charge in the car and have fully charged solar panel pack in the car, which comes with most mobile manufacturers specific plugs, and serves as a handy backup.

Is going greener, I hope so. Think I have had about 6 beers which I saved on my Eskom bill.

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The writer makes a bold statement:
“The added burden of providing the power to charge your phone will not noticeably cause additional gas to be combusted, therefore the all-important MPG won’t suffer.

Well, as I pointed out above, this is just wrong. EVERY load put on the alternator, uses more petrol. Maybe a very small increase in consumption, agreed, but look at it this way, if the device only requires a tiny amount to charge, then it only requires the same tiny amount to charge from a wall socket as well, right?
See, it doesn’t matter how little it is, it matters how efficient and green the process is that we use to supply that electricity. And that’s the question we’re asking.