Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoI think there are some test roads in the Netherlands on the bike lane. Roads are used in all weather conditions, 24/7. Umbrellas not. Roads have approximately the same energy yield as any solar panel on the roof, minus the suboptimal angle and minus the road users causing shadows.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you don’t see the absurd part in trying to put solar panels as a road then I’m sorry I can’t do anything for you 😁. There are exactly 0 practical reasons to do so.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
There is nothing absurd about it. Every surface, which is constantly exposed to the sun, should be covered in PV panels.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, starting with a fucking road and having cars drive on it all the time instead of like, you know, putting the fragile panel on the side, so smart. I hope you’re joking 😂😅 what’s next, at the bottom of a pool?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
You know there are transparent materials that can withstand forces of those, that are applied on a bicycle path. No one was even remotely talking about driving over unprotected panels. That’s just a weird imagination in your head. Instead of doing that, you could just invest a couple of minutes into reading what is getting tested already.
Netherland’s Solar Roadway Performing Even Better Than Expected!