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Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track (www.pv-magazine.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I looked up the French solar roadways after seeing this to see the headline of 'total disaster'. So as expected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lamps were "total disasters" until they weren't. Crosswalks even. Toilets in Seattle.

There are lots of things that were "total disasters" at one point but were developed into safe reliable things. That's not a reason to abandon an endeavor entirely, but a great reason to redirect or refine it.

Also, headlines are not news, and most non-electrical engineers, let alone journalists, know jack fucking shit about electrical engineering. EEVBlog did a great few videos about solar roadways and their flaws.