Solar sidewalks, solar roads, now solar rail?

WHY?! Dave from eevblog did the math and it's bad

Did we really fill up all the area on top of roofs, parkings lots, industrial areas, etc., and we're running out, and we have to put solar cells on railroads?

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Quitschquat 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think these kinds of ideas capture easily impressionable, elected representatives whose technical knowledge is non existent.

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prmoustache an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> Did we really fill up all the area on top of roofs, parkings lots, industrial areas, etc., and we're running out, and we have to put solar cells on railroads?

I guess it is easier to control the deployment since they own the railroads.

	▲	leni536 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		And all the train depots and train stations are already covered in solar panels, I presume.