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Solar Generating Roads

posted by n1 on Friday May 23 2014, @07:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-it's-too-good-to-be-true dept.

isostatic writes:

IFLScience has a blogvertisement for a company called Solar Roadways, which replaces the decades-old tarmac way of building roads which something far more useful. As well as incorporating a solar power collector, other features such as under-road heating to clear snow, LED lighting to light the way, trunking for stormwater and utilities, and the ability to find broken segments (potholes) instantly.

Obviously it will never work, but why not?

 
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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 23 2014, @03:23PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 23 2014, @03:23PM (#46771)

    I know it's hard for many people in the US to even consider this, but I've got a dumb question:
    Rather than on the roads (for all the reasons above), why don't they put that neat tech along train tracks?

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  • (Score: 2) by emg on Friday May 23 2014, @05:47PM

    by emg (3464) on Friday May 23 2014, @05:47PM (#46826)

    What's a train track?