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?
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday May 24 2014, @03:44AM
And if they're really that durable, why couldn't they replace conventional shingles?
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.