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Thankfully sailor roads (rivers) are still working as intended.
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That eurotrash should invest in some clean coal
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Aug 18, 2019 21:35
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:That eurotrash should invest in some clean coal That's the germans
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Aug 18, 2019 21:40
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Imagine a dildo that's powered by kinetic energy. Sure you'd have to do some work to rev it up but then you can sit back and relax as the motor kicks in and rides you to a smooth finish Who would like to invest
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Aug 18, 2019 21:42
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sweet thursday posted:Imagine a dildo that's powered by kinetic energy. So a dildo?
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Aug 18, 2019 21:44
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DoctorStrangelove posted:So a dildo?
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Aug 18, 2019 21:45
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sweet thursday posted:Humanity would still be shoving pebbles up their asses and vaginas if everyone thought like you! Dude, quit ragging on my rear end stone.
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Aug 18, 2019 21:48
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Hey sorry everyone there's a traffic jam on the 405 so you guys are gonna have to go without electricity for a few hours
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Aug 18, 2019 21:58
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Internetjack posted:I've worked in the solar industry for the past 12+ years. System design, sales, tech support. Also a background in EE. Uh I think you just don't get solar roads, they're the roads of the future
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Seems like simply removing all trees would take care of the leaf problem. Fortunately the tools and infrastructure already exist.
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Aug 18, 2019 22:04
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Kuato posted:It’s usually a million a mile for basic new road construction, if it was actually producing power the project probably wasn’t as disastrous as they’re making it out to be. Roads are expensive in general, and a financial sinkhole since there’s significant & continuous maintenance costs. they cost 5x more up front and need to be replaced 10x as often, they're bad at being roads and bad at being solar panels
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Aug 18, 2019 22:06
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"I know, lets build a road out of glass! Special non-slip glass!" Said no non-idiot ever.
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Aug 18, 2019 22:10
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So many possible surfaces to place my solar panels, which one should I pick? I know! The one where it's going to be worn down by traffic, covered in mud and dirt, and constantly assaulted by other debris!
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Aug 18, 2019 22:12
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Colonel Cancer posted:Don't solar panels have to track the sun in order to maximize energy generation? Most panels don't track sun, but they are built to maximize exposure, either by the design of the standalone array, or because they are on the roof of a house, and houses are built with sun in mind. Unlike roads.
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Aug 18, 2019 22:13
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Burt Sexual posted:We should not trial anything renewable anymore. this but ironically
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steinrokkan posted:So many possible surfaces to place my solar panels, which one should I pick? I know! The one where it's going to be worn down by traffic, covered in mud and dirt, and constantly assaulted by other debris! Hovercars
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Aug 18, 2019 22:16
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Solaire Roads: Gloriously Incandescent
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Aug 18, 2019 22:26
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build more nuclear power plants
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build a roof over the road and put the solar panels on the roof
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Mnoba posted:fossil fuels are cheap and effective, not much reason to research beyond them maybe fusion tech could be good Duh, global warming.
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Fojar38 posted:build more nuclear power plants France is also trying that with similar success.
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Looks like solar power has failed, time to give up on "renewable resources" and go back to being all in on coal
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Imagine, a flywheel powered dildo
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Thunderf00t on YT does a great break down while these solar roads were unworkable since the start.
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Nice try re the solar road. The cells breaking would have been the first thing I'd have thought of though. I guess the company that manufacturing the 'hard' silicon on the cells marketed them with more thsn ample spin, which the French government fell for. Silicon isn't a material I would have thought of as robust at all. e.g. silicon tape, quartz. Maybe the idea will be improved enough to work well one day, but maybe not. There's a whole lot of rooves that could have solar cells on them. I'd think the best research would be into making solar cells cheaper, and with longer lives ( I think I read they degenerate markedly over ten years of use). The Aussie governnent for a few years had a generous rebate on home solar cell installation. Of course that won't happen in the U.S. in a hurry,especially under current leadership.
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Colonel Cancer posted:Imagine, a flywheel powered dildo Also, my mom. I think we invented perpetual motion dude.
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ah if only there was a simple answer to all our energy issues... Wouldn't it be great if we could harvest the power of the atom to safely grant us near unlimited energy at a cheap price? Alas it can't be, so we're gonna have to stick with obvious scams like solar roads or clean coal. Maybe next we could try like some small wind turbine that could be mounted on top of trees, for only 10k € each? Or maybe we could go with drones that fly around and extract the fart gas out of random citizens and animals? Or maybe just put a few million € in a big loving pile, light it on fire and use it for warmth or for cooking our food, hell that might be a more realistic and cheaper option. Also not surprised to learn that Ségolène Royal, the french Hillary Clinton, was behind this poo poo.
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Isn't thunderdoot an angry old white guy who hates women?
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Colonel Cancer posted:Isn't thunderdoot an angry old white guy who hates women? Indeed, but is a crazy mad scientist as well.
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Fojar38 posted:build more nuclear power plants When a failsafe system fails, it fails by failing to fail safe.
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sweet thursday posted:Humanity would still be shoving pebbles up their asses and vaginas if everyone thought like you! Leave Lena Dunham out of this!
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The_Continental posted:Solar roads appeal to the NIMBYs who don't want anything put anywhere. Fortunately in Europe they don't have trouble getting wind turbines put up, so at least there's that. I'm happy we're trying new things, but it should at least be thought through a bit.
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Charles posted:Fortunately in Europe they don't have trouble getting wind turbines put up, so at least there's that. This. 10 years ago in my area, "No cant have those, they spoil the countryside eye line!" Now its "More, can we put more up over here, how about this vertical cliff can we put one on the side of it?"
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Internetjack posted:I've worked in the solar industry for the past 12+ years. System design, sales, tech support. Also a background in EE. I don't think anyone needs your skills and experience to agree that the idea of putting solar on the road was the absolutely worst place you could have put them. Literally anywhere would have been a better place. and I am including 'in a warehouse, still in the packing cartons' - cause I bet doing that would have been better for the environment/economy than installing them in the road.
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Colonel Cancer posted:Isn't thunderdoot an angry old white guy who hates women?
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Isn’t it in the US where the power companies can sue you for the amount of energy you would have used if you put solar panels on your house?
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They should build all the roads downhill.
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Internetjack posted:I've worked in the solar industry for the past 12+ years. System design, sales, tech support. Also a background in EE. I had a little hope for these being used for small municipal projects (Bike lanes, sports courts, public plaza's, etc.) Not as say a major energy generator, but as a small supplemental bit of power to the surrounding area. As for the Long Term Stability of a road that is made of many pieces, its less mechanical and more civil. I can think of two ways that may, I'll stress that may, lead to a good stability long term. Laying a foundation of concrete or physically bolting the cells together much like how the US Army's temporary bridge system does. The Foundation option would still cause the cells to jar loose and spread out if not secured to each other. The bolting together option would increase the footprint of the road and distribute the load evenly over the grounds, but without testing all this is just theory. Solar Roads will never be the be all end all to energy and roadway maintenance. It will never be a cheap, easy, modern solution for roads. On a large scale this is just too expensive to execute, to me at least. Maybe someone more dedicated with more free time can find a solution, that could lead to it being employed for heavier than pedestrian traffic. As for the Park Demo, all those issues you've noted could be fixed with some competent manufacturing and a few design alterations. This tech may have some merit in the future, but I'm not gonna invest any money in it. A large part of a project's success is leadership and knowing what they are doing. After reading this It seems that this team is proven incompetent.
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Shut up Meg posted:I don't think anyone needs your skills and experience to agree that the idea of putting solar on the road was the absolutely worst place you could have put them. Literally anywhere would have been a better place. and I am including 'in a warehouse, still in the packing cartons' - cause I bet doing that would have been better for the environment/economy than installing them in the road.  i need to see your resume before i can evaluate your post thanks in advance
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Rad-daddio posted:Leave Lena Dunham out of this! lmao
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