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06-23-2016, 11:04 PM | #1 | |||||
The future is unwritten
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June 24th, 2016: Solar Road
The headline, “Solar paving to make first public US appearance on Route 66”
Wow, that’s cool. Then the heading… The US state of Missouri has decided to test solar paving technology on America’s most famous road, Route 66. Sounds interesting. ....... OK, the story… Quote:
OK, start where it won’t totally screw the public if it fails… except in the wallet. Quote:
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Color me skeptical when it comes to glass roads that 80,000 lb trucks use. Look what happens to concrete. I remember reading that the engineers who do interstate highway planning don't care what the car traffic is predicted they only want to know how many trucks. link and link
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06-24-2016, 06:26 AM | #2 |
still says videotape
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As long as it's self-replicating we're good to go.
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06-24-2016, 07:27 AM | #3 |
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Hmm...I've probably been watching too many MCU movies, because my brain sees those colors and goes "Are we REALLY building our own Bifrost in freakin' Missouri???"
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06-24-2016, 07:33 AM | #4 |
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They forgot the lojack. They need to put a lojack in each one of these things. Just leaving multi-thousand dollar panels sitting there on the ground unattended all night is begging to have them stolen.
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06-24-2016, 07:39 AM | #5 |
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If it "Has ROI" ...then there is no need for crowd funding, right?
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06-27-2016, 02:34 AM | #6 |
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glatt; If I recall correctly they each communicate with a server. If someone was molesting one it should be able to 'phone-home' via the "provides a home for cables" raceway that runs below the road.
Glass is hecka-tough too, they paved a bridge across our river in the middle of my town using glass as the aggregate. It's lasted decades. I think using roads for solar panels beats the heck out of paving over desert (US) or paving over pasture(Germany). What I have a hard time with is what happens when that eighteen-wheeler locks up his wheels? Does it skid a hundred yards instead of fifty? |
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