This is what I find most depressing about the project. It's not that it's impractical and doomed to fail, it's that taxpayers' real, hard-earned cash, which could have been used to make the world a better place in some way, was allowed to be spent on it.
That's a colossal red flag IMHO. It absolutely screams out that nobody in government, who has the authority to decide where and how money is spent, has enough of a clue to spot BS even when it's so obvious.
It should be a warning to us all. The people whom we entrust with our money are not the best and brightest, they're obviously clueless.
That's what it seems like, yes. They say that the Federal Highway Administration is overseeing their work (engineers and all), giving them funding, etc
Very strange...
Did you consider that the solar roadway guys might just bend the truth "slightly" when they make such statements?
So, on which one of those would it be most sensible to spend $2M to find a solution/improvement?
(and that is why "solar roadways" is ridiculous........ ;-)
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Dave is convienced solar roadways are BULLSHIT (which they might be) but he also believes
Appolo Program did put a man on the Moon...
yes. smell that too!
Dave is convienced solar roadways are BULLSHIT (which they might be) but he also believes
Appolo Program did put a man on the Moon...
yes. smell that too!
can't you angle the LEDs towards oncoming traffic to increase their efficiency?
Dave is convienced solar roadways are BULLSHIT (which they might be) but he also believes
Appolo Program did put a man on the Moon...
yes. smell that too!
i know i'll be warned off by the moderators/admins for this... but i couldn't help myself...
Dear Mr. "elektron" could you please be so kind and f**k yourself ? Thank you in advance !
Your sincerely,
Rob77.
Dave is convienced solar roadways are BULLSHIT (which they might be) but he also believes
Appolo Program did put a man on the Moon...
yes. smell that too!
i know i'll be warned off by the moderators/admins for this... but i couldn't help myself...
Dear Mr. "elektron" could you please be so kind and f**k yourself ? Thank you in advance !
Your sincerely,
Rob77.
dude. i couldn't care less about your reactions, or warnings to admins. so far, you (and others)
are the only ones swearing.
Dave is convienced solar roadways are BULLSHIT (which they might be) but he also believes
Appolo Program did put a man on the Moon...
quote from video: "believing in something is not enough to make it work" ...
I am 100% unconvinced by their claims about surface traction. As a motorcyclist there is no way I would ever ride on a glass road. Even white line paint and man-hole covers are dangerously slippy.
Aside from large oil/diesel spills, little oil drips get absorbed into the tarmac and don't become a problem. On glass they would just build up into an oily film over the whole thing. Lethal.
Dave is convienced solar roadways are BULLSHIT (which they might be) but he also believes
Appolo Program did put a man on the Moon...
Typical green dreaming project.
First of all. It is not me to prove they ...negative feedback blabla... feasable or not.
... A truck blowing a tire will break at least 200 meters worth of panels, trying to stop while driving on its rim...
Have they explained why they don't just mount these on houses or (better still) public buildings and factories? No requirements for lighting, or ultra high durability encapsulation, minimal degradation, and no need to remove them for access to utilities.