SOLAR ROADWAYS

[rbeau30]

Just like any other "green" technology. How much Fossil fuels does it consume to get the benefit of the power from the solar cells.

I just love how electric car companies and other green technology is advertised as "clean energy" when you plug it into an outlet that gets power from a fossil fuel power plant. Or it burns more fuel to produce than it saves in a clean energy trade-off.

[Ridge]

Just like any other "green" technology. How much Fossil fuels does it consume to get the benefit of the power from the solar cells.

I just love how electric car companies and other green technology is advertised as "clean energy" when you plug it into an outlet that gets power from a fossil fuel power plant. Or it burns more fuel to produce than it saves in a clean energy trade-off.

I typically agree, but coal fueled power plants have a much better use of the energy than cars. The energy efficiency in cars is very poor, <10% of the energy created by combustion is used to power the vehicle. The rest just goes as heat and exhaust. Power plants are ~35%, IIRC.