These roadways stay warm to melt snow during the winter, illuminate the roads at night, reconfigure lanes automatically, and send warnings of dangerous road conditions.

The creators of these solar roadways describe their endeavor by saying:

Solar Roadways is a modular paving system of solar panels that can withstand the heaviest of trucks. These Solar Road Panels can be installed…literally any surface under the sun. They pay for themselves primarily through the generation of electricity, which can power homes and businesses connected via driveways and parking lots.

So is it the future of roads or just science fiction?

The creators, Julie and Scott Brusaw, claim that if all the roads in America converted to solar roadways, the country would generate three times as much energy as it uses.

Although it would be a sight to see, I expect it to be a sight that we never see, in our lifetime at least. It’s much easier to make a video about it than actually implementing it. The cost of converting all the roadways in America to these solar roadways is not mentioned, probably because the number couldn’t fit in a calculator.

Julie and Scott have raised over two million dollars with an IndieGogo campaign in order to fund this project.

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