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5/24/2014 4:33:52 PM
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Solar FREAKIN' Roadways
[quote]The brilliant minds behind Solar Roadways published a video detailing their world-changing project earlier this month, but its language didn’t really grab anyone’s attention.
This new one from creator Scott Brusaw, however, most definitely does not make this mistake.
“Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways!” is filled with passionate excitement and specifically targets young adult minds while explaining the capabilities of this invention, which may seriously be the key to the next stage of human evolution.
All Brusaw’s need is a little cash and we can kiss economic woes, pollution and a whole lot of car accidents goodbye forever.[/quote]
I'm all for this, in fact, I was speaking with my father about the need for alternative forms of energy. This not only covers that, but puts to usage the one thing we have an (relatively) unlimited source; The sun.
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1 ReplyBy default I take a devil's advocate stance to public hype, so I hope I don't come off as too negative by saying this is incredibly impractical and inefficient. The issue with solar isn't that we don't have enough panels, or places to put panels, it's that it's not energy dense and takes a very long time to pay for itself. Add in factors such as inclement weather, the necessity to face the sun, and the prohibitive cost to maintain such expensive equipment over vast stretches of road, and you've got a really absurd premise. I'd much rather see a bigger use of solar panel roofing, and efforts to make them less expensive so they're available to anyone.
