Solar roadways in Davis Square

[leiran]

I just watched this video about Solar Roadways, and immediately thought "Why isn't Somerville working on this?" Davis Square would be an amazing place for this kind of technology, though there may be legitimate reasons why it isn't appropriate. I'm curious to hear the perspectives people in this community about this type of project: the pitfalls, the unintended consequences, etc. On the surface, though, this seems absolutely amazing.

http://news.yahoo.com/solar-roadways-210149010.html

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[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

As someone said, installing solar panels as a roadway is "optimized to maximize cost": http://jalopnik.com/why-the-solar-roadway-is-a-terrible-idea-1582519375