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MIJ VI · 21st Jan 2011, 08:40 PM

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/01/solar...er-of-america/

As I see it, this plan retains a key element which most starry-eyed, energy-independence-for-the-consumer solar panel proposals seem determined to undercut: a preservation of the de facto corporate monopoly on power distribution and its attendant subscription-based profits--thus the incentive to invest development capital...

starfish · 21st Jan 2011, 10:45 PM

Good idea, however. The issue is durability. I don't know of any current manufacturing process for a transparent material that could handle the stresses of being used as a road surface.

21st Jan 2011, 08:40 PM	#1
MIJ VI Banned Gender: Male Orientation: Not Gay. Queer. (I can't stand disco.) Out Status: I'm a blip on everyone's gaydar. Location: Earth Age: 55 Posts: 280 Join Date: Nov 2010	Solar Roads Can Beat Peak Oil And The Icing Over Of America http://www.disinfo.com/2011/01/solar...er-of-america/ As I see it, this plan retains a key element which most starry-eyed, energy-independence-for-the-consumer solar panel proposals seem determined to undercut: a preservation of the de facto corporate monopoly on power distribution and its attendant subscription-based profits--thus the incentive to invest development capital... Last edited by MIJ VI; 21st Jan 2011 at 08:46 PM..

21st Jan 2011, 10:45 PM	#2
starfish This space for lease. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: I like guys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Hippie Town, Alberta of the US Age: 31 Posts: 2,111 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Solar Roads Can Beat Peak Oil And The Icing Over Of America Good idea, however. The issue is durability. I don't know of any current manufacturing process for a transparent material that could handle the stresses of being used as a road surface. __________________ All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. --Thomas J. Watson

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