Solar Roadways: The Prototype

Hey, Solar Roadways fans! YERT is hosting a LIVE interview with Scott Brusaw - Solar Roadways' Inventor - on Monday, 12/10 at 11pm EST. Submit your questions and learn all about it right here: http://www.yert.com/DVDLaunchParty.php . It's all part of our DVD launch party via Google Hangout, with great guests and lots of fun. Hope to see you there!

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The Solar Roadways project is working to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on. Co-founder Scott Brusaw has made some major steps forward since our first visit back in 2007, so we visited him again for an exclusive update on the project, including the first ever video recorded of the Solar Roadways prototype! For more information visit http://www.solarroadways.com . This Solar Roadway project is highlighted as one of many planet-friendly solutions in the feature film by YERT - Your Environmental Road Trip. To learn more about YERT, visit http://yert.com .

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[SeekayFilms]

Freakin seriously how has this not been implemented yet? I watched this like two years ago and thought it was the greatest idea I'd ever heard of.

[arman ahmed]

If you want to power your home

You have to learn to build your own solar panels

Go to google and search for:

"Top DIY Solar Palens Review"

Choose the first result(skip the adds on top)

[Paul Montero]

An asphalt roadway is only 5% at the most petroleum based. The rest of the road is aggregate. Asphalt pavement may also contain up to 40% recycled asphalt in production.

[eddysvideos33]

Genius idea, it really is!

[Hklbrries]

While what you say is true, one has to start somewhere. And when work is funded and in process, we might as well incorporate smart technology whenever and wherever we can. It floors me that Solar Roadways is just a few miles north of where a massive highway improvement project is occurring - and they're not an active part of it. Some day!

[Hklbrries]

Are you a part of our homeowner's association Jerramy? :-) Just trying to get these people to agree to do anything to maintain our roadways has been a real eye opener. I think they enjoy fighting! Still, this is a great idea and I hope communities wiser than mine will get on board with it!

[Hklbrries]

Can't wait for this prototype to become something we're actually using. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!

[Cederic Schmid]

need support? ;)



[jerramy]

I remember reading that the American economy is based on the export of defence systems, weapons, military hardware, training and technology. All other exports together don't even come close.

[ham236]

Okay, asphalt is $1000/tonne... how can these things be any less than $1000/panel?

[disposablehero43]

yeah tell me about it. it wouldn't make any moral or logical sense to use a fraction of the annual military defense budget to replace a system so outdated its starting to fall apart, and even kills people sometimes.

[jerramy]

Sounds great, I wonder how much it would cost an individual to "adopt" the length of road outside his suburban home - say 50 meters? If everyone in the neighbourhood agreed to do that... but just try getting everyone on board.