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wa8yxm
Feb 01, 2017Explorer III
I see they have solar covered roofs on the car ports.
I keep hearing talk about Solar.. Some folks are worried about what grows, or rather no longer grows, in the shadow of those solar panels.. Well in this case asphalt grows under them and the presence of the solar panels will not bother the asphalt one bit.
So instead of putting up panels where grass or flowers or weeds or Corn may be "Shaded" how about we roof our freeways.. kind of like covered bridges.
Concrete and Asphalt, thus shaded, won't be bothered a bit, IN FACT thanks to teh shading some things like pavement buckling due to heat may be reduced.
Snow removal.. Reduced (Some will still be needed
Rain, likewise Reduced
Accidents, Likely reduced
With the solar "roof" we can put a long long string of LED lights down the road instead of "Pools of light" which often glare thus reducing accidents.
I see it as win for most everyone.. Oh a few (Koch brothers) will loose, but ,, well they can afford it.
I keep hearing talk about Solar.. Some folks are worried about what grows, or rather no longer grows, in the shadow of those solar panels.. Well in this case asphalt grows under them and the presence of the solar panels will not bother the asphalt one bit.
So instead of putting up panels where grass or flowers or weeds or Corn may be "Shaded" how about we roof our freeways.. kind of like covered bridges.
Concrete and Asphalt, thus shaded, won't be bothered a bit, IN FACT thanks to teh shading some things like pavement buckling due to heat may be reduced.
Snow removal.. Reduced (Some will still be needed
Rain, likewise Reduced
Accidents, Likely reduced
With the solar "roof" we can put a long long string of LED lights down the road instead of "Pools of light" which often glare thus reducing accidents.
I see it as win for most everyone.. Oh a few (Koch brothers) will loose, but ,, well they can afford it.
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