OnEarth Magazine: As more than 8 million people huddled around candles or sadly dumped their spoiled food during the power outages spawned by Superstorm Sandy, several friends who know my interest in renewable energy asked me very seriously about whether they should run out and put solar panels on their rooftops. During a disaster like Sandy, they wondered, could a photovoltaic array have kept the lights on or the refrigerator running while the rest of the grid went kaput? Sadly, I had to tell them (and you):...
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