While I respect your opinion, I believe the same sentiment was shared by some members of society about computers back in the day. If we had stopped using them or trying to innovate when computers still relied on vacuum tubes, where would we be today?
I guess I don't think there are any real parallels in that analogy. There were very very few naysayers about computers. It was clear to just about everyone that they would serve a purpose. There was a lot of doubt and terrible guesses about how much they would do or what they would be used for.
SolarRoadways solves exactly 2 problems: * something to drive on * power It's hard for me to imagine them solving any more [real] problems. Like -- really hard. I mean, those are the goals, right? Those are the end goals.
There exists N solutions for those 2 problems, for example: * asphalt * solar panels (on roofs, over parking lots, etc)
There is no way, at all, that SolarRoadways will ever be price or performance equivalent to either of those. Ever*. By orders of magnitude.
We should invest time and money into existing solutions rather than this non-solution.
* nano-tech will change everything in unpredictable ways. We would do better to invest in that research, for example.
SolarRoadways solves exactly 2 problems:
* something to drive on
* power
It's hard for me to imagine them solving any more [real] problems. Like -- really hard. I mean, those are the goals, right? Those are the end goals.
There exists N solutions for those 2 problems, for example:
* asphalt
* solar panels (on roofs, over parking lots, etc)
There is no way, at all, that SolarRoadways will ever be price or performance equivalent to either of those. Ever*. By orders of magnitude.
We should invest time and money into existing solutions rather than this non-solution.
* nano-tech will change everything in unpredictable ways. We would do better to invest in that research, for example.