Re: This should not be a surprise.
Let me get this perfectly clear so there's no doubt.
Collecting energy caused by the sun causing air currents to move around is a hopelessly indirect method of harnessing the sun's energy.
Collecting energy caused by the sun's light being collected by forests growing over hundreds of years which then die and rot and over millions of years are converted into coal/oil which we expend tremendous effort digging up and treating and transporting all around the world, and then burn, is sensible and efficient.