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The photos of his "solar panel" look incredibly suspicious:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/08/article-0-06546E62...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/08/article-0-06546F9D...

Single strands of hair strung randomly around a grid? This cannot possibly be an effective approach. But there's an even easier way to prove it's a hoax -- human hair is not an electrical conductor, and doesn't produce electricity under sunlight. (This takes about fifteen seconds to test for yourself with a multimeter.)



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