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Originally Posted by Fish
Another huge consideration with solar roads that I haven't heard talked about is the cost of implementation required by the construction entities. Current construction companies have incredible amounts of money already committed to the machinery and processes they currently use for traditional road construction. They'd need completely new machinery, technology, and processes for solar. You can't really compare just the materials costs without including the costs of reverting to a completely different/untested application method.
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Not sure how that aspect would change. There's still a concrete road beneath it, the only real change is the trough system to the sides and adding electricians to the equation.