A stylish bag that can charge your gear? Yes please!

But it's made of dead cow. Oh noes!

This Boing Boing post on Noon Solar's leather satchel that can recharge your portables with the Sun's sweet rays sure riled up Boing Boing's readers. (You can't tell from that pic, but the panels are on the back.)

For some, the the bag's merits seem to have taken a back seat to what it's made of. Only one commenter pointed out that most bags of this type are usually made of synthetic materials. Though in all fairness, another maker of solar bags, Voltaic, uses fabrics made of recycled plastics.

Cory Doctorow even ends up jumping into the fray with a couple of well-reasoned posts. Me? Not that you asked, but I'm more offended by the price ($412). Add a Kindle and an iPod and that bag is worth more than my first car!