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Nathanael (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:00 PM Original message |
Super-Smart Solar Roadways |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. *facepalm* |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. $100,000 will buy them a single lane road a wopping 178 feet long. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. 440 panels to make a one lane one mile road, $48 a sq foot, panels are 12x12 ft, so $3m per mile. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Run pipes under the asphalt |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah, solar thermal sounds like a better approach. nt |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Interesting concept |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. 100 quads? |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. $0.12/kwh is being generous. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:39 PM Original message |
Would the solar energy be stored? Any batteries in this plan? Or is it direct daytime use only? |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Would the solar energy be stored? Any batteries in this plan? Or is it direct daytime use only? |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. I suggested this idea here on DU several years ago but didn't think it was possible. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I just wonder how this hardened glass will stand up to car accidents. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Cool! Love that idea! I was just reading about another pavement solution called NaturalPave XL. |
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