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Solar Roadway: 10¢ return on $1000 investment! (Patreon)

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2018-08-20 21:02:41

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It still blows my mind that the year in which solar roadways will generate about $7 return on a half million dollar installation.... an installation that is losing 70 % of its power generating capacity per year (whereas 1% is more normal for solar power)... is the year in which its announced the 'Henry Fords Innovation Nation Champion'.

Further they are now bringing the Colas Wattway to Atlanta, Georgia! They seemed to have copied, almost verbatim 'solar freakin roadways' but added inductive charging for electric vehicles. Madness!

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Solar Roadway: 10¢ return on $1000 investment!

So the verdict on solar roadways is in on virtually every pilot project,... and its 'FAIL!' yet they still continue to win awards like 'Henry Fords Innovation Nation'. So far they have spent well over FOUR MILLION DOLLARS on 'solar freakin roadways'. Now generating some 2 cents per day in MID-SUMMER! https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/pv/public_systems/V3vh1173801/overview oh... and the colas wattway is now being installed in Georgia! The Colas wattway was actually debunked when it first came out in 2016 by EEVblogs, but curiously now some folks seem to think that this was all a complete surprise, and no one could have seen it coming! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbKYNcmFUw The article realizing that Wattway is dumb: https://www.contrepoints.org/2018/08/10/322159-route-solaire-le-desastre-annonce-est-consomme Colas has since upped its game and is now promising wireless recharging for electric vehicles! If you want to support this channel directly.. https://www.patreon.com/Thunderf00t