M’eh. As long as you realize that it is only a “principle” because of your opinion then you’re free to braise in your self-created gravy of indignant outrage. But you’re the only person who has that opinion and no one else inhabits your idiomatic universe.

This man speaks truth.

About “innovation”? No.

Meh. When stacked against everything else out on TV today, BBT is at least was watchable as anything else. The only good ‘comedy’ show on that consistently makes me laugh is Whose Line Is It Anyway. But BBT is good for a few chuckles.

Nope. Marvel After Hours said it best...

Luthor: “You’re an unrelatable, trumped-up demi-god that no one believes in anymore.”
(pause)
Spider-Man: “I believe...”
Professor X: “I believe...”
Hulk: “Hulk believe...”
Stan Lee: “If I may, Superman... While it’s true that I gave my characters weaknesses to make them more…

Onion is brilliant sometimes. :) This nails every argument "pro" solar road I've heard.

Love that term. "Greenwashing". Imma stealing it... :)

The problem with glass roads is not necessarily traction. The problem is that glass comes in at 5.5 on the Mohs scale. Anything - and I mean ANYTHING that is harder or equal than that on the Mohs scale is going to scratch the glass. So any piece of dust, grit, sand, or debris is going to grind down that glass until it…

Because there are a lot of Green Fools out there who think that anything "solar" has to automatically be supported no matter how stupid the idea actually is.

It is BS because it isn't a viable use of money or resources. Anyone who spends one thin penny on a solar road (as opposed to investing it in a solar roof) is a fool. And anyone who tries to convince you to spend money on a solar road (as opposed to a solar roof) is a liar, a thief, a charlatan, or a huckster. That's…

The costs will not come down because there is nothing “new” here. Every single component of any solar “road” is using materials that have been priced to the market for DECADES. There is no ‘new’ technology here. This is simply taking existing technology (solar PV), slapping it into glass, and trying to make a road out…

There is no such thing as a “rugged, easy to replace solar tile” that can adequately serve as both a solar panel that collects solar energy AND as a safe, reliable, cheap road surface. The two things are mutually exclusive in function and in engineering.

If at some point in time someone manages to develop an entirely…

The moral of your story is, "Waste money on stupid ideas that are less efficient rather than use already existing, more affordable technology."

Oh, heavens, not this idiotic argument.

Not every inventor is the Wright Brothers. Not every invention is the Kitty Hawk. Some inventors are stupid and/or hucksters. Some inventions are just plain STUPID.

You put R&D into things that makes sense and have a chance. Putting solar panels in your road surfaces is NOT one of those things.

They think.

And they're wrong.

Putting panels on raised areas over a parking lot is fine (if you can afford it). Putting them UNDER the parking lot is stupid to begin with, but even stupider when large percentages of the parking lot are going to have cars sitting over those panels anyway for much of the day.

Sticking solar panels underneath road…

Anyone who had even a smidgeon of common sense and some basic knowledge of science knew immediately that this solar bike path and the “Solar Freaking Roadway” were utterly unfeasible.

Every idea - no matter how stupid it really is - still ends up having ardent defenders these days. The romantic lure of a “solar road”…

I guess 5 billion in gummint sugar money doesn’t buy what it used to.

Gotta say - I like Wreck It Ralph. I’m not sure why people think it got ‘boring’. It was a good movie that holds up on multiple views. All movies get a bit slower in Act 2. That’s just part of storytelling. But in that bit we get a lot of stuff that adds depth to both Ralph, Felix, Vanellope, Lynch, and even King…