DRIVE on THIS--Power

For years, people have been trying to come up with ways to prevent global warming. Believe it or not, an Idaho-based guy, named Scott Brusaw, may have come up with an amazing way to stop it or prevent it for longer by using solar panel roads to power our homes, cars, televisions and other appliances, and more. In the article, he talk about how he could sdo this and the expectations he has. His company received an 100,000 dollar grant to further his studies and make his dream a real one. Not only would a solar road help power our entire live, it would also keep us safer while driving and more aware on the roads at night and other difficult times. "He also believes the solar panel roads could last up to three times longer than the current petroleum-based asphalt surface and even be heated in winter to discourage dangerous ice build up and cost the same amount of money over time."

To put this into perspective--You would only need 4 hours of sunlight a day to produce 1 year, to produce enough energy for 500 homes.

There is over 100,000 square miles of roads, parking lots, driveways, and roofs just in the US. This a huge amount of pavement. This means we could use power more efficiently and have more of it...as long as the roads are hot or have sun shining on them.

I think this is really cool thing, if it all really worked out. Then we could use all this road space to keep our earth alive for a longer amount of time!