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Could this idea change the world for the better?
J:
well, what they describe certainly has the rule of cool going for it...
but i'm not really seeing how this would be better for power generation than putting the solar panels next to the roads. or on top of buildings. or concentrated in discreet locations that have get consistently high level of sunlight.
or basically anywhere they wouldn't be spending significant parts of each day in the shadow of buildings, trees, cars, etc.
Sorflakne:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 22 May 2014, 15:54 ---edit -- oh yeah, and for it to continue working it would need to be kept clean. Roads generally don't stay clean for long.
--- End quote ---
This. Any place that gets snow or dust storms (or lots of rain...mud and all that) is kind of out of luck.
jwhouk:
And trees, and snow, and ice, and...
cesium133:
Even just automotive exhaust would be enough to do it. That's the reason snow near roads turns black after it's been sitting for a while.
Redball:
And yet none of those obstacles seem like fatal ones. One could think of workarounds for each, or acknowledge they they will reduce output for a time.
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