This looks really good. They are moving forward. http://www.solarroadways.com Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into the dust. -- Randy Yates Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Solar Roadways
Started by ●June 17, 2014
Reply by ●June 17, 20142014-06-17
PS: I have no affiliation. I just know an earth-shaking idea when I see one. --RY Randy Yates <yates@digitalsignallabs.com> writes:> This looks really good. They are moving forward. > > http://www.solarroadways.com > > Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the > whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into > the dust.-- Randy Yates Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●June 18, 20142014-06-18
"Randy Yates" wrote in message news:878uovmlky.fsf@digitalsignallabs.com... PS: I have no affiliation. I just know an earth-shaking idea when I see one. --RY Randy Yates <yates@digitalsignallabs.com> writes:> This looks really good. They are moving forward. > > http://www.solarroadways.com > > Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the > whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into > the dust.-- Randy Yates Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com Yeah but I tend to believe this video which points out a few problems... well, maybe 20E12 problems... http://machinedesign.com/blog/solar-roadways-only-one-way-find-out-if-they-are-pipe-dream?NL=ED-07&Issue=ED-07_20140617_ED-07_560&YM_RID=philip.martel@baesystems.com&YM_MID=1471941&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_12
Reply by ●June 18, 20142014-06-18
It you believe one guy's unsupported doubts, well... He sounds like a one-off nay-sayer with nothing really to say except, "I don't believe this will work." --Randy "Phil Martel" <pomartel@comcast.net> writes:> "Randy Yates" wrote in message news:878uovmlky.fsf@digitalsignallabs.com... > > PS: I have no affiliation. I just know an earth-shaking idea when I see > one. > > --RY > > Randy Yates <yates@digitalsignallabs.com> writes: > >> This looks really good. They are moving forward. >> >> http://www.solarroadways.com >> >> Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the >> whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into >> the dust.-- Randy Yates Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●June 19, 20142014-06-19
On 6/18/14 9:54 PM, Randy Yates wrote:> It you believe one guy's unsupported doubts, well... He sounds like a > one-off nay-sayer with nothing really to say except, "I don't believe > this will work."i wonder how well this would work with the ground settling that causes potholes. and frost heaves. roads don't stay nice and smooth forever. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Reply by ●June 19, 20142014-06-19
On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:33:22 -0400, Randy Yates wrote:> This looks really good. They are moving forward. > > http://www.solarroadways.com > > Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the > whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into > the dust.I think it's a nifty idea on the surface, but I don't think that it's going to take the pounding that a well-traveled urban road has to take. I think the idea will remain cool and sexy right up until they put a test section on a slice of I-anything and try to keep it running for a year. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●June 19, 20142014-06-19
On Thursday, June 19, 2014 5:09:46 PM UTC+12, Tim Wescott wrote:> On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:33:22 -0400, Randy Yates wrote: > > > > > This looks really good. They are moving forward. > > > > > > http://www.solarroadways.com > > > > > > Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the > > > whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into > > > the dust. > > > > I think it's a nifty idea on the surface, but I don't think that it's > > going to take the pounding that a well-traveled urban road has to take. > > I think the idea will remain cool and sexy right up until they put a test > > section on a slice of I-anything and try to keep it running for a year. > > > > -- > > > > Tim Wescott > > Wescott Design Services > > http://www.wescottdesign.comIt would be ok for your driveway instead of the roof of your house - or as well as. A well weathered road and it will be in tatters within months.
Reply by ●June 19, 20142014-06-19
On 6/17/2014 2:34 PM, Randy Yates wrote:> PS: I have no affiliation. I just know an earth-shaking idea when I see > one.I don't think "earth shaking" is a good thing. I live next door to the nuke plant that was hit by an earth quake a couple years ago. The dry storage casks *moved* for the first time in nuclear history. I don't want the earth to move. Just give me logical, simple, *evolutionary* change, not *revolutionary* change.... Besides, this may sound like a "great" idea, but I didn't see any mention of cost. How can it be profitable to put solar cells underneath all the cars in parking lots? -- Rick
Reply by ●June 19, 20142014-06-19
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:09:58 -0700, gyansorova wrote:> On Thursday, June 19, 2014 5:09:46 PM UTC+12, Tim Wescott wrote: >> On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:33:22 -0400, Randy Yates wrote: >> >> >> >> > This looks really good. They are moving forward. >> >> >> > >> > http://www.solarroadways.com >> >> >> > >> > Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the >> >> > whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap >> > into >> >> > the dust. >> >> >> >> I think it's a nifty idea on the surface, but I don't think that it's >> >> going to take the pounding that a well-traveled urban road has to take. >> >> I think the idea will remain cool and sexy right up until they put a >> test >> >> section on a slice of I-anything and try to keep it running for a year. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Tim Wescott >> >> Wescott Design Services >> >> http://www.wescottdesign.com > > It would be ok for your driveway instead of the roof of your house - or > as well as. A well weathered road and it will be in tatters within > months.That's kinda my thought. But if you look on the website, they're pushing an urban solar interstate. It _might_ work as the shoulder on an interstate highway -- but not the main pavement. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●June 19, 20142014-06-19
On 6/18/2014 9:54 PM, Randy Yates wrote:> It you believe one guy's unsupported doubts, well... He sounds like a > one-off nay-sayer with nothing really to say except, "I don't believe > this will work." > > --Randy > > "Phil Martel" <pomartel@comcast.net> writes: > >> "Randy Yates" wrote in message news:878uovmlky.fsf@digitalsignallabs.com... >> >> PS: I have no affiliation. I just know an earth-shaking idea when I see >> one. >> >> --RY >> >> Randy Yates <yates@digitalsignallabs.com> writes: >> >>> This looks really good. They are moving forward. >>> >>> http://www.solarroadways.com >>> >>> Hey IEEE, why haven't you done a few articles on this? This blows the >>> whole, feeble green energy/smart grid/blah-blah-blah marketing crap into >>> the dust.As compared to the one-off yea-sayer with nothing to say except, "whoa dude" and "Solar freakin' roadways!". This is an idea that will never make it to reality. It is just *way* too expensive and many of the functions they describe are contradictory. Heating panels that cover the solar cells for example. -- Rick
