Camera-whore fauxentist restates the bleeding obvious.

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.

As a statistician, professional analyst, and life-long student of the Constitution I will put this gently... You have a tenuous grasp of Constitutional law, political reality, and the concept of rights. The term is not being used in the way you want to define it. It is being used by politicians for political purposes.

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…

Those that ascribe to the “living constitution” desire to impose so-called positive rights as a means of circumventing the protections in the U.S. Constitution which are oriented towards limiting government power and telling government what it cannot do.

“The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what…

Yup. It’s what big government calls “Positive Rights”. That’s their name for writing laws that spell out exactly what government is allowed to do TO citizens. It’s the opposite of the Bill of Rights, which tells government what it CAN’T do.

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.