Imagine roads that don’t need painted lines. Imagine roads that generates electricity (this is already blowing my mind). Imagine that you only have to replace small sections if it becomes defective or breaks.
Welcome to solar roads
This is one genius invention in my opinion. We have so much sun, and roads in South Africa that this would be the perfect way to mitigate energy concerns.
Only problem? Tenders… Just hearing that word makes me cringe about how much money is being wasted away in our government.
I wonder how long it’ll be until a large oil conglomerate buys the patents and shelves it for the foreseeable future…