Oh swell...just another way to set cars on fire
Of all the solar power plans I’ve seen, this looks the most acceptable.
I love the inventiveness, but solar cannot power an industrial society, and there is no need, environmental or otherwise to stop using abundant, flexible, and inexpensive hydrocarbons.
The good news (for me at least) is that I won’t live long enough to see it....
But isn’t the whole point of parking lots and roads to cover the paved surface with cars........
How well would they stand up to snow plows, ice heave, etc.?
An interesting idea, but may also suffer from distance-to-user issues.
How quickly will the glass become ‘marred’ so that the panels must be replaced for current to rise?
That means only 1% of the contiguous U.S. is paved.
That puts the lie to Joni Mitchell’s line, “They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.”
So, we are going to ask guys who can’t shovel dirt into potholes to generate the nation’s power?
I have to wonder how these panels interact with the oils and grease that cars drop on the road.
I think it will be perfectly workable if the only traffic allowed is bicycles - at night.
Another way to get government grant money to the Green Worshipers. There is no way these panels will survive Houston heat and traffic in our 8-month summers.
Industrial strength dumb idea.
What impact will snow and snowplows have on these panels?
They won’t fix roads now so why would they go for this? They will not encourage roads under the principles of agenda 21.
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So...does this mean no more pot holes??? Im in!
One problem with solar panels is that when they are connected in series they are limited to the output of the worst producing panel. To connect them in parallel requires an inverter for each parallel connection which means a lot more equipment. For this road concept to work every “panel” would need to be connected in parallel otherwise the output would basically stop any time a car was driving on any part of series connected set of panels (not to mention the effect of dirt, snow, clouds, etc.) The amount of equipment necessary even for the small areas rendered would have astronomical costs.
