Of course, climate change deniers are thrilled; but honestly, I don't think anyone sensible should ever have held high hopes that this was a useful energy idea:
World’s first solar road fails to meet expectations
Roads need constant maintenance and get covered in dirt - they are about the last place I would expect it to make sense to lay thousands of solar cells.
Yes solar roads are an idea for a different century. But there may be the ability to vault solar farms that can track the sun ABOVE the roads? Maybe thats too much of an eyesore and too much of an expense, and maybe its an idea for another decade. But we should never rule anything out.
ReplyDeleteSolar roads haven't just failed once. They fail every time and very quickly. This is no cause for rejoicing, because its a space that wasn't being used. But it ought to be considered a dead idea for the time being.
If we revamped rail and had cars that floated above this rail with magnetism than the space would still be available for solar. But even this idea is for another century I would say. The more flat rail is the good idea, but the rest has to wait until it falls in our laps. I think its always going to be cheaper to vault things above the roads. And thats pretty damn expensive as well.
On another note; Consider when we are exporting our coal that some people say that there is more energy in the Uranium in that coal than in the coal itself. We can form common cause with science illiterates who believe the global warming fraud when it comes to our coal exports therefore. Its possible to abuse people for being science retards., and then tell them you agree with their assessment on Australian coal exports.
I mean who is so dense as to buy the lies of Michael Mann or Gavin Schmidt. I'm not saying what ethnic group they belong too. But they tend to have big noses because air is free.