And the world just passes by.....
 

World's largest solar power plant to be built in China
http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-solar-power-plant-china/12806/

Solar panel roads to power our homes
http://www.gizmag.com/solar-panel-roads/12780/

I'm thinking about patenting some leather-lined knuckle guards. Anyone interested?

This technowlogy was available decades ago to turn the southwest desert into a true resource.
Oh well.

As if the environmentalist would allow that.

Desert is special habitat. . .yadda yadda yadda

All the shade could ruin the ecology of the desert...We'd need extensive and expensive environmental impact studies before we could proceed.

Would it have a negative affect on any of the native Flora and fauna?

Also, it would destroy the scenic beauty.

Could do more harm than good.

I should have used green font

(edit) Arrrgh! Island must have posted while I was typing. Proving that weak minds think alike...;)

What we really need is a strong leader to do what's right, regardless of the consequences..(still waiting).......

I don't think the desert would be hurt by a little shade.
All I want is for Texans to be considered a little more refined than yurt-building/mares-milk-drinking Mongols :cool:
Oh well.

If the shoe fits..... SmileWavy

Now I wish everytime I tell someone I from Ok they didn't ask about Tee-pees and indians. We are civilized Sorta

What's 'right' for one group is wrong for another. :-/

How much longer before solar becomes like "big oil"? ...you know, those evil solar energy companies, who only want us to turn on the lights when it's already sunny... :cool:

It's always sunny somewhere on the planet.
Didn't you read the "New World Order" mantra?

Yeah, line-loss is a biotch.

Ya gotsta start thinking Tesla, not Edison.
But, then again, he thought a global wireless communication system could be "free" back in 1920.

Flush toilets. TV and other stuff, I understand.

Turning the road into a solar power generators is really thinking out of the box. Gotta give'em credit for that. Whether is is practical or not is another story. Withstanding a truck is not so important as withstanding a snow plow...unless, as he mentioned the surface was heated.

Re China: Not surprised. Already been to the largest windmill farm in the world...and the 2nd. Both in China.

Much of the west of China is simply wasteland. The Taklamakan is without a doubt the driest, most brutal desert in the world with substantial portions below sea level. Perfect place for such constructions.

Don't worry, I am sure they will figure out a way to make it toxic.....:D

HA! tell me what our engineers are missing.