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Engineering Tests to Evaluate the Feasibility of Solar Pavement Technology

2 points by ph0rque 6y ago

aurizon 6y ago
I can see huge problems with this, all the way from having to take 120,000 pound big rig loads to surface wear causing lowering of transparency by surface dirt by abrasion as well as obscuration of the surface by that dirt, as as dropped oil etc. Surface breakage by hard stones etc - the few test roads made were total failures.
- emsign 6y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6n8UEKZies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6n8UEKZies Dave Jones did lots of videos debunking this bullshit.
  - aurizon 6y ago
    Thanks for that! A valuable comparison to the official glowing reports of the 'valuable lessons'. Looks like a cover of pure diamond would resist the scratches, and in the netherland, their groos national product would enable them to cover a few square meters a year. This is a dog that never hunted, not a paw hit the ground, this dog is as dead as Monty Python's parrot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw35VUBdzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw35VUBdzo
emsign 6y ago
The SRPs shear test results could not be compared directly to published ASTM standards due to the unique nature and/or geometry of the SRPs. Due to the unique nature of the SRPs and the materials used to manufacture them, no direct comparison to concrete, asphalt, or other plastic materials can be made Then what's the point? Put the solar panels on your roof, at a more optimal angle, away from grit, dirt and mud. You get way more electricity out of it and they are much cheaper. God dammit, this research is from 2020! Why is the solar roadways bandwaggon still rolling? Seriously asphalt roads are proven and tested technology, no compound elements that also incorporate solar panels and electrical connections can compete with this matured technology. Asphalt roads if done correctly last for decades! Exactly the same with normal solar panels, they are a proven mature technology if you put them somewhere with unobstructed view to the sky at an optimal angle, you may have to give them a quick cleanup every few years depending on your climate. Why combine both things and create something that does boths jobs terribly????!!! We have lots of unused roof space everywhere. Highways in the US mostly have this wide strip between the roads, where you can put up solar panels if you really want solar roads so badly, though why would you want to put them there instead near industry and housing, I don't know. Charging electric cars with induction? Another useless and terribly inefficient technology. It is just jaw dropping how people buy into these stupid ideas. I honestly believe it's a scam, these founders and engineers know it's not feasable but it's one way to get dumb money and publish papers. Yeah, MDPI is an open access publisher. Anyone can send in their low quality work there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies

2 points by ph0rque 6y ago

I can see huge problems with this, all the way from having to take 120,000 pound big rig loads to surface wear causing lowering of transparency by surface dirt by abrasion as well as obscuration of the surface by that dirt, as as dropped oil etc. Surface breakage by hard stones etc - the few test roads made were total failures.

emsign 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6n8UEKZies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6n8UEKZies Dave Jones did lots of videos debunking this bullshit.
- aurizon 6y ago
  Thanks for that! A valuable comparison to the official glowing reports of the 'valuable lessons'. Looks like a cover of pure diamond would resist the scratches, and in the netherland, their groos national product would enable them to cover a few square meters a year. This is a dog that never hunted, not a paw hit the ground, this dog is as dead as Monty Python's parrot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw35VUBdzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZw35VUBdzo

emsign 6y ago

The SRPs shear test results could not be compared directly to published ASTM standards due to the unique nature and/or geometry of the SRPs. Due to the unique nature of the SRPs and the materials used to manufacture them, no direct comparison to concrete, asphalt, or other plastic materials can be made Then what's the point? Put the solar panels on your roof, at a more optimal angle, away from grit, dirt and mud. You get way more electricity out of it and they are much cheaper. God dammit, this research is from 2020! Why is the solar roadways bandwaggon still rolling? Seriously asphalt roads are proven and tested technology, no compound elements that also incorporate solar panels and electrical connections can compete with this matured technology. Asphalt roads if done correctly last for decades! Exactly the same with normal solar panels, they are a proven mature technology if you put them somewhere with unobstructed view to the sky at an optimal angle, you may have to give them a quick cleanup every few years depending on your climate. Why combine both things and create something that does boths jobs terribly????!!! We have lots of unused roof space everywhere. Highways in the US mostly have this wide strip between the roads, where you can put up solar panels if you really want solar roads so badly, though why would you want to put them there instead near industry and housing, I don't know. Charging electric cars with induction? Another useless and terribly inefficient technology. It is just jaw dropping how people buy into these stupid ideas. I honestly believe it's a scam, these founders and engineers know it's not feasable but it's one way to get dumb money and publish papers. Yeah, MDPI is an open access publisher. Anyone can send in their low quality work there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI#Controversies