More on Solar Roads
My colleague Gary Tulie of Buckinghamshire (near London) writes about my post on solar roads: There is one short stretch of cycle path in the Netherlands using solar panels for the path. I would however consider it likely that on busy roads, yield would be low due to shade issues and dirt, and costs high due to the need for very high strength components. What’s more, most roads have a variety of buried services, and I can’t help thinking the solar road concept would seriously increase the cost of road works. (more…)
We Californians, living as we do in severe drought conditions, have a general sense that climate change is playing a role here. It’s not exactly rocket science that rising temperatures tend to evaporate more water, leaving less of it in the ground where it is available to our plants and animals.
