- geophysicist ( @geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de ) 17•1 month ago
This is one of those ideas that’s just constantly claimed and constantly rebuked as unrealistic and not feasible
- Sonori ( @sonori@beehaw.org ) 7•1 month ago
To be fair, at least in this case it’s looking into putting the panels on a structure above the road instead of the more commonly suggested drive on panel variation. Still pretty unnecessary for most of the world as spare land is something that’s more abundant, but it might be relevant for more space constrained nations and islands where open fields are more expensive than already government owned roadway.
- livingcoder ( @livingcoder@programming.dev ) 4•1 month ago
So long as they’re not trying to put solar panels literally in the road but instead as coverage above the road (blocking rain, snow, sun, etc.) then that sounds great.
- Asafum ( @Asafum@feddit.nl ) 1•1 month ago
The world at large? Sure.
The US? Fuck no commie eco fascist! That’s public money we could be throwing at Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Boeing!