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Lawlcat t1_jd8bzbk wrote

Solar panels in the median of the highway? This is some "solar freakin roadways" dipshittery

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WalkerBRiley t1_jd9hfqk wrote

Difference is this makes sense whereas his idea did not. He wanted to convert the roads themselves into solar panels.

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Lawlcat t1_jd9hs8c wrote

This doesn't make sense either. There's a reason those medians exist. Safety. They have wide medians, cable barriers, jersey barriers, etc designed to protect cars from crossing over. Imagine a small family sedan crossing into the median now, they get beheaded by solar panels as they crash through them. Or if they are raised up, now you've got a forest of metal poles to smash in and through.

And that's not including the need to clean them from salt, dust, brake dust, exhaust fume collections, etc. It's a maintenance nightmare alone.

We don't need long ass narrow panels like this. We just need a few acres scattered about with correctly oriented solar panels and you'll get as much if not far more yield than this bullshit idea. And you don't have any of those previous problems. This very much is "Solar freaking roadwards" shit

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zebrastarz t1_jd9nah0 wrote

There are already medians with trees, man, you're very much just naysaying.

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Trilliam_West t1_jd9p4ok wrote

Dear God, I remember getting called a shill for big oil because I pointed out a few of the issues with putting solar panels flat on the ground and driving over them would cause.

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iceflame1211 t1_jd8gnxk wrote

My first thought lmao. Loved that video back in the day

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