Solar Roadways

[Eraser]

Not sure if trolling

pretty sure not thinking straight

Eh, no, not trolling at all. I'm pretty bloody serious.
You know when a solar panel generates electricity? Yes, when the sun is up, during day time. And when is a parking lot filled up with cars? Oh, yeah, during day time. So there you are, wasting 90% of the solar panel surface because it doesn't catch any sunlight.

[obsidian]

Cars in a parking lot spaced with 90% coverage of the surface would never be able to drive out of said parking lot.

My guess for a typical parking lot would have cars parked over 25% or less of it's surface area.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

We don't need solar roadways. We can put solar panels in and on buildings and elsewhere.

[Tsakali]

I can see them possibly doing some private/commercial business for high end attractions so that's cool.

[Eraser]

That video U4EA posted is quite long, but basically leaves no doubt about why this is a really, really poorly thought through idea.

[vesp]

yup

[Transient]

It's thoroughly damning.

[plained]

solar is mostly bollocks

way to environmentally costly for so little gain

solar roads? come on this cant be serios.. howz magnets work lol etc

[Captain]

way to environmentally costly for so little gain

How is a clean and renewable energy source that only leaves a carbon footprint through production more environmentally costly than coal, gas, and nuclear?