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Originally Posted by dyna mo
and my $50 trillion dollar comment above wasn't sarcastic, that's the LOW estimate to convert the nation's highways and biways to solar.
I'm not directing this at you, SK, just quoting your comment for a sounding board  . |
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Hell, even $50 trillion would be a major lowball estimate, as you say.
Cost aside, we all know how Mother Nature likes to defeat the best of man's innovations. They can test it in extreme climates all they like - but I wouldn't wager the stuff would actually perform anywhere near the durability they claim for it in our winters.
Our city switched from mercury vapor to digital LED streetlighting about two years ago - and they STILL haven't got it functioning as promised. We still get a large number of lights flashing like a disco strobe all over town. Great for inducing epileptic seizures. And the technology for streetlights would be comparatively simple to roadways made of solar panels.
Something about the best laid plans...of mice and men.