Solar Powered Radio

Solar Powered Radio
 At Grand Bend Beach I saw the most amazing and wondrous thing I have cast my eyes upon in a very, very long time. No, not a group of Pomeranian puppies learning to swim in the water or some hot beach bodies bronzing it up in the sun, but a Solar Powered Radio. I’ve been talking about it for days! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take a picture of it for fear of looking like a paparazzi creeper-but I should have anyways.
 This thing was awesome! I really can’t narrow down why I’m so excited over this, but I can come up with three broad reasons.
 The group of volleyball players it belonged to obviously did not purchase it. The whole thing was wires and tape wrapped around an individual boom box and connected to an individual solar panel-you know those huge solar panels you see popping up all over Highway 3? This was a miniature version. This is great! Anybody could do this. My hunt for my own personal solar panel ensues. I’ve been advised that I could simply buy a solar powered garden rock, take out the panel and attach it to the radio. But I think I’ll see if I can find any other conservational ways as well. Maybe scope out Kijiji and see if there are any other green freaks out there onto this great idea and see what they‘ve come up with.
 Secondly, these geniuses will never have to purchase batteries, ever again. At least not for their beach radio. You know those massive batteries that fit into your tiny little radio and maybe last a couple hours. Well knowing myself and my friends, we spend a lot more time at the beach than a couple hours-especially throughout the whole summer. I know neither one of us is about to purchase a crate of batteries to last us the whole season through, so why not…wait for it…that magical word is about to pop up again…‘conserve’ our money and battery waste and just use the natural energy that envelopes us in its warmth everyday, the sun.
 Lastly, I was told that solar powered objects usually don’t even need the sun to operate, they only need light. Yes, I’m sure a bright and beautiful day with the sun beating down in all its glory is probably the best and strongest form of light energy out there, but if it comes down to it, only another source of light is needed. Think about it, a light bulb, powering up a solar panel, powering up a radio. Or a telephone, or bike or car. The possibilities are endless and I the sheer easiness of it all just fascinates me. Not to mention how much money and alternative, less appealing forms of energy we will be able to conserve.
 I lied, I guess all three broad reasons do all come down to one narrowing point, the ingenious conservation of energy excites me, because it means we’re not as dependent and helpless as we once though we were.