Now this, at least, makes sense.

This is finally an example of a sensible application of alternative energy. It can’t possibly come close to fueling our massive industrial and commercial electrical generation needs, but it can release hundreds of niches from costly dependence on long-distance transmission lines to remote areas with meager power needs.

This is the kind of ecological common sense we need to espouse, instead of just throwing around words like “hybrid”, “ethanol”, “bio-diesel”, and “alternative fuels”, expecting the environment to give us a high-five, global warming disappears and unicorns pop out of verdant forests.

I magic.