Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next?

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• fedditter@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Was bedeutet das für Hessen?

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• theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s like solar roadways, except once again trains are the natural evolutionary end point

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Musk will do it better with tunnels full of self driving cars that are recharged in real time from the solar pannel roads they are driving on!

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    • towerful@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nah, the tunnel needs to be surrounded by magnets that induce a current in the Tesla as it drives through. That current can then be used to charge the Tesla.

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• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  after rolling out 100 metres of photovoltaic (PV) panels in between active tracks

  One of the biggest concerns, previously expressed by the International Union of Railways, is that the panels could suffer micro-cracks, lead to a higher risk of fires and distract train drivers due to reflections

  Built-in sensors also ensure they work properly while brushes attached to the end of trains can remove dirt from the panels’ surface.

  Yeah that doesn’t really sound like a resounding success IMO.

  Just put it on a house?

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• dadarobot@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  solar fricken railroads?

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  • Transform2942@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This idea makes a thousand times more sense because they’re not trying to replace the load-bearing surface with an expanse of expensive and delicate glass, they’re just filling in otherwise unused space

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    • warm@kbin.earth ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You know what makes more sense? Putting them on homes.

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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pretty ridiculous idea on the face of it but who knows!

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• nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This coupled with solar canals would be amazing.

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  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Solar highways as well.

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    • sj_zero ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago federation: confirmed

      And the giant money incinerator!

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• SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Soon to be proactively banned in the US.

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• StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How easy are they to steal?… asking for a friend… who needs panels for his house… yes lets go with that

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  • JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net ⁨24⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Probably similar to stealing them from a field, just with more risk of getting hit by a train

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