1223
How a road changed over thousands of years (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world
57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 0 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

There's a company in Sandpoint, ID that is developing solar panels made from glass to replace asphalt. It's still in fairly early development, but it's an interesting idea.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    EEVBlog did the math about the thing and with our current (and predicted) tech it's rubbish. There just isn't enough power from it to gain much even if roads cover a lots of square meters and durability of currently available panels just isn't there. It's just bloody expensive road with miniscule amounts of power in exchange.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent