Comment on Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track

umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This isn’t nearly that dumb, because the train isn’t actually riding directly on top of the solar cells.

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  • Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s close though, random shit gets dragged, kicked, dropped, etc all the time by trains.

    A chain , cable, or wire comes loose on a car and goodbye panels and like all of them …

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    • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If a chain, cable, or wire comes loose on a car then the panels are the least of anyone’s worries. Also expect emergency brakes to kick in automatically. This is a train, not a bicycle.

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    • Pilferjinx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t why they don’t overhang them on frames. It’d cost more upfront, but hell alot cheaper than replacing the broken panels all the time.

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• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Actually, yes, I do. SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS

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• DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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