Do you think there is a future for Solar Roadways?

Well, the Green supporters surely think it's a possibility although there is a long long way to go. For sure I think we should continue to investigate and test. The two big issues right now seem to be the glass surface has not been made, and then the old bugaboo of funding.

Personally, I think there are a lot of unanswered questions and some potentially show-stopping problems. The idea that a heated surface will melt a North Dakota blizzard with no snow plows, and the idea that the freezing and melting of the ground beneath the roadway will not cause problems are just the beginning. What will it cost and how will we pay for it would seem to be gigantic questions, as costs of manufacture, installation and repair would seem to be insurmountable hurdles, and I wonder how it will sell in Seattle, with more rain than sun.

I would love to see a smaller scale application, and I seriously believe that gigantic parking lots like those found at Houston's Astrodome or any of the super sized malls found around sunny cities. Another test application could be a couple of National Parks, which would provide a more controlled area with little semitrailer traffic. The idea (and the originator) is up for several significant awards such as the 2009 EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards, and should not be take lightly.It definitely has a future, although on what scale and what application, we will all have to wait and see.

I do not believe so. Your question is specifically solar roadways I do feel it will be economically possible. And what would happen if a panel fails were does the travel go?

Then you have to look at the air pollution and weather, what happens when the sun doesn't show for a awhile and they can not charge. It just does seen realistic to me at this time looking at our natural future.

No. Solar pannels have enough problems with longevity, and efficency. When you add in millions of tons of freight passing over them, rocks, cinders, and salt in the winter, oil and gas leaks, snow plows and such their life would be ziltch, much less than the 20 plus years required to make them pay for themselves.

People are more aware about reducing the pollution. So I think new technologies will come. That is why I believe, there is a future for solar roadways.

No, It is not possible. Nature cannot be altered in massive way.

Here in Ontario, we take our roads pretty seriously. I think that there is a future in this type of roadway, but only in very specific areas. This technology will never gain widespread deployment.

A place where I could see it being used: Downtown Calgary is made up of a few dozen blocks. Calgary itself is large and spread out, but the downtown core is relativity small. Calgary has a very good public transit system and downtown is filled with bus only routes.

Calgary also experiences significant changes in weather. One of the ways that the Calgary government saves money is by limiting costs on road infrastructure expendatures such as salt, sand and general maintinence. With all of these things in mind, downtown Calgary would be prime for a smart road like this.

Drivers would clearly know where bus lanes were day-or-night (BUS LANE could be lit up on the road), the gov't wouldn't have to spend money on sand or salt because it is heated and the road itself would adjust to changing weather patterns.

Ya there is a bright future for solar roads I think thy stops accidents!

Yes it got it's vision I think it probably can solve traffic jam in a way.

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