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Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#21 - 2014-05-25 06:18:51 UTC
I'd imagine those panels would look real good in the actual north that has -40c winters and 1,5 meters of snow each year.
Just because the trees shed their leaves and you get a puny -20c with light snow doesn't make it a winter. P

If car manufacturers still can't make a car that doesn't have it's locks jammed on first snow, why would a those panels fare any better ?
And by jam I man that once you get the doors open it won't close or even better if you do get it close you cannot open it again until it thaws and your electrical windows refuse to operate because they have a tiny amount of ice on them ...

Now that rosy image in your mind imagine me being already late from work and trying get out from that frozen solid car on a parking lot ...

That's real winter, have fun with technology.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2014-06-01 05:07:24 UTC
This idea is unbelievably stupid and impractical.
There's no way to make this work in any capacity whatsoever, and even if you could it's too cost prohibitive to even be worth considering except as part of some opium fantasy.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2014-06-01 19:10:34 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
This idea is unbelievably stupid and impractical.
There's no way to make this work in any capacity whatsoever, and even if you could it's too cost prohibitive to even be worth considering except as part of some opium fantasy.

doesn't seem to be that impractical. Glass can actually be quite strong and resistant, depending on how you make it.

I still say it needs more investigation tho.

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[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#24 - 2014-06-01 19:46:14 UTC
This video explains the myriad of problems that make this idea entirely infeasible, no matter what you try.

I'd also like to point out that, even if you could get all of this to work, you're still talking about a solar panel as a road surface. You know, a surface that cars and trucks and buses roll over. You'd have significant losses from this system simply due to the fact that light can't get to the panels for all of the ******* vehicles on it. And then you'd have much more loss in this system due to the fact that roads are dirty. Even solar panels that are raised without big ******* vehicles rolling over it and exposed to the ground dirt have to be cleaned regularly, or they suffer huge losses in output. Road surfaces are much, much dirtier. They're exposed to all sorts of wind strewn dirt and debris. Many roads in the US have tree cover that will generally prevent most sunlight from reaching them to begin with. So you'll have tremendous losses from all of that as well.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#25 - 2014-06-01 19:55:44 UTC  |  Edited by: baltec1
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#26 - 2014-06-01 20:03:32 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
The dutch are way ahead of you lot.

Fluorescent paint is a good idea for roads. I don't think we should use it to replace cat's eyes though, merely supplement.

The major issue I have with road paint currently is that in heavy rain and in the dark it's practically impossible to see any markings on the road surface. It just all turns black.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Matilda Cecilia Fock
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2014-06-01 20:39:00 UTC
Huh... no. Sorry, but science facts say no.

Specially the part about melting snow... jesus. Roads are black and absorb most of the energy the sun pumps on them -and yet frozen water easily covers them. How do you claim that a solar-powered device, with only a fraction of the energy absorbtion of a black surface, will keep itself free from ice on its own?

And using leds for signals? In broad daylight?

No, no, no, and no. That before even considering the cost of it...

Q: Should we be worried? A: Nope. (...) Worry a lot if Fozzie, Masterplan, Rise, Veritas, Bettik, Ytterbium, Scarpia, Arrow, or even Greyscale leaves. Worry a little if Punkturis, karkur, SoniClover, Affinity, Goliath, or Xhagen leaves.
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#28 - 2014-06-01 20:45:44 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
This video explains the myriad of problems that make this idea entirely infeasible, no matter what you try.

I'd also like to point out that, even if you could get all of this to work, you're still talking about a solar panel as a road surface. You know, a surface that cars and trucks and buses roll over. You'd have significant losses from this system simply due to the fact that light can't get to the panels for all of the ******* vehicles on it. And then you'd have much more loss in this system due to the fact that roads are dirty. Even solar panels that are raised without big ******* vehicles rolling over it and exposed to the ground dirt have to be cleaned regularly, or they suffer huge losses in output. Road surfaces are much, much dirtier. They're exposed to all sorts of wind strewn dirt and debris. Many roads in the US have tree cover that will generally prevent most sunlight from reaching them to begin with. So you'll have tremendous losses from all of that as well.

ah forgot the bit on keeping them panels clean.

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#29 - 2014-06-01 20:46:41 UTC
Every single person who has donated money to these solar roadways people is a ******* moron.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
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