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More solar is good, but we have space for it elsewhere. It's cheaper and easier to have roads be "plain old roads".

• bigbubba 6y ago
  I think that's the point. The 'technology' seems optimized for creating hype on reddit, not actually being commercially viable.
  • pstuart 6y ago
    If it worked readily/economically enough as envisioned the hype would be well justified. Solar roadways only value add is "we found more space to put panels" and that's not a serious problem as there's plenty of space for that. Roads are already costly and this would just make it worse.
    • bigbubba 6y ago
      I think the hype comes mostly from credulous futurists who love the sci-fi aesthetic, not from people who actually think critically about the potential of the technology. It takes a serious suspension of critical thinking to believe roads made out of solar panels isn't a really dumb idea.