I don't dispute the fact that I'm an honorary member of the Grumpy Old Men Club, but you do have to admit that implementing a power collecting mechanism that helps destroying your power storage facility, is not the brightest (hah!) idea under the sun (and another one!).

Reminds me of Franquin's Guust Flater (Gaston La Gaffe) cartoon strip where Guust invents a solar-powered, battery-less flashlight; it only works in full sunlight...