Like where? And for a minute assume you are in New York city and covering central park with solar panels is not an option.
Hi Dave, I think your audience already believes that solar roadways are a dumb idea. Solar system calculation are fun but maybe you could just let the morons build thier roadways an do a video about the solar system of a deep space mission spacecraft instead. I guess the numbers will be interesting.
Hi Dave,
while you're completely right that it's more expensive and less practical than a solar farm, you're still somewhat missing the point: There're plenty of areas where you actually can't (due to free space constraints) or don't want (for ecological reasons) erect a solar farm. When the choice is between no solar energy or more expensive and less practical solar energy, the latter might be the better option.
Hi Dave,
while you're completely right that it's more expensive and less practical than a solar farm, you're still somewhat missing the point: There're plenty of areas where you actually can't (due to free space constraints) or don't want (for ecological reasons) erect a solar farm. When the choice is between no solar energy or more expensive and less practical solar energy, the latter might be the better option.Nope, if it's all protected national park (or something) then you don't need electricity there anyway.
Nope, if it's all protected national park (or something) then you don't need electricity there anyway.But you can't use the space for solar panels either so back to square one: find space for solar panels where there isn't room.
Nope, if it's all protected national park (or something) then you don't need electricity there anyway.But you can't use the space for solar panels either so back to square one: find space for solar panels where there isn't room.Rewind three posts to the people pointing out that wherever there's demand, there's rooftops.
Like where? And for a minute assume you are in New York city and covering central park with solar panels is not an option. That is the situation in most of West Europe.
You should rewind a few posts more and then you'll read that those rooftops are way too small to fit enough solar panels to meet that demand. I'll admit it might be hard to imagine for people who aren't used to really densely populated countries.
Like where? And for a minute assume you are in New York city and covering central park with solar panels is not an option. That is the situation in most of West Europe.Bullshit.
France : 116 people/km²
New York City : 10800 people/km²
You appear to be from Germany. I've seen a lot of sane solar road around Munich. Instead of covering the actual driving surface, they cover the substantial areas between the driving surface and the fence, that are at the side of any Autobahn outside the dense urban areas. When this area is an embankment they use just one side of the road, but they can get natural tilting of the panels towards the sun when the road is in the right direction. Their land costs are obviously zero. Their land utilisation is effectively zero, since the space can't be used for much else. They can maintain the system without shutting down the road. They can easily replace parts of the system which have a lower life than the panels (e.g. inverters). Their costs must be as low as any other solar farm.
Like where? And for a minute assume you are in New York city and covering central park with solar panels is not an option. That is the situation in most of West Europe.Bullshit.
France : 116 people/km²
New York City : 10800 people/km²It is not limited to France. The population density of the NL is almost 4 times higher then that of France. And you should also compensate for suitable roofs since in most cases you'll only be able to use half of the roof (most roofs are pitched) or the roof may not even have the proper angle at all. All across the west part of Europe every m2 of land suitable for farming is used for farming and it is not like you can cut a piece of forrest down for a bunch of solar panels. So where do you get the rest of the solar panels installed? Also who is going to pay for the isolation of the homes?
If they have enough land to grow food for the Chinese then they have enough land to pop up a solar farm. You're really reaching here. If you are that convinced the only place to put solar is on roadways,
I just object to branding the idea as crazy off the bat without taking other factors into account.
I just object to branding the idea as crazy off the bat without taking other factors into account.
I just object to branding the idea as crazy off the bat without taking other factors into account.
Like what? What could possibly save this idea?
I just object to branding the idea as crazy off the bat without taking other factors into account.Like what? What could possibly save this idea?