<story><title>France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels</title><url>http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/trends/france-pa7ve-1000km-ro7ad-so7lar-panel7s/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CyberDildonics</author><text>Paving roads with solar panels is a classic example of a &amp;#x27;simple, easy, wrong&amp;#x27; solution. It seems that some people have gross misconceptions about the barrier to solar panels.  People living in crowded cities think there is some sort of shortage of space.  In a broad sense this is of course very far from the truth. The barrier to solar is cost per kw&amp;#x2F;hr. As that goes down, solar installations go up.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wang_li</author><text>&amp;gt; Paving roads with solar panels is a classic example of a &amp;#x27;simple, easy, wrong&amp;#x27; solution.&lt;p&gt;You are likely not seeing the same &amp;quot;problem&amp;quot; that the powers that be in France are seeing. When looked at through the lens of graft, corruption and cronyism, it&amp;#x27;s &amp;#x27;simple, easy, and profitable&amp;#x27;. Whether it ever delivers worthwhile amounts of power at efficient costs is entirely secondary.</text></comment>
<story><title>France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels</title><url>http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/trends/france-pa7ve-1000km-ro7ad-so7lar-panel7s/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CyberDildonics</author><text>Paving roads with solar panels is a classic example of a &amp;#x27;simple, easy, wrong&amp;#x27; solution. It seems that some people have gross misconceptions about the barrier to solar panels.  People living in crowded cities think there is some sort of shortage of space.  In a broad sense this is of course very far from the truth. The barrier to solar is cost per kw&amp;#x2F;hr. As that goes down, solar installations go up.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stickfigure</author><text>Plus, the first light rain will turn this into a shiny death trap for motorcycles.</text></comment>