This is totally cool and the future for saving the planet from environmental contamination.

Years ago, when the phrase “Global Warming” began gaining popularity, the inventors of Solar Roadway Panels started batting around the idea of replacing asphalt and concrete surfaces with solar panels that could be driven upon.  In consideration, they thought about the “black box” on airplanes; they didn’t know what material that black box was made of, but it seemed to be able to protect sensitive electronics from the worst of airline crashes.

So, they imagined making a section of road out of this material and housed solar cells to collect energy, which could pay for the cost of the panel, thereby creating a road that would pay for itself over time.  Then, they asked: what if we added LEDs to “paint” the road lines from beneath, lighting up the road for safer night time driving?  What if we added a heating element in the surface (like the defrosting wire in the rear window of our cars) to prevent snow/ice accumulation in northern climates?  The ideas and possibilities just continued to roll in and the Solar Roadway project was born.

 

 

This could be a VERY GOOD investment in which to participate, as suggested by U.S. Senator Mike Crapo who discusses the Solar Roadways project:

 

 

And this exciting presentation explains how these panels work: