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To: achilles2000

If all USA roads, parking lots and sidewalks were replaced with Solar Roadways, the power generation could be over three times what we currently consume.


95 posted on 05/14/2014 2:15:04 PM PDT by nconantj
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To: nconantj

So that’s the benefit - what’s the cost?

Vs

the cost/benefit ratio of expanding our use of proven “fossil” fuels?


96 posted on 05/14/2014 2:17:01 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: nconantj

I very much doubt it. Apart from the physics issues (including short days, cloudy days, nights), there is the question of storage, which is makes the entire enterprise (as a replacement for hydrocarbons) ridiculous. Solar has some very good application, but you can’t run an industrial economy on it.


99 posted on 05/14/2014 5:19:45 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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