Westside Steve

James Taylor and the Who. WSS

I love Tony Carey. He's at least 1 of my top 10 favorite artists. Planet P doesn't seem like a huge mismatch, though I'm not a fan of Night Ranger or 38 special. WSS

OK Woody if you think it will be completed in the next 50 or 60 years great. Personally I don't think that's realistic. I think it's more realistic to guess that some other breakthrough will show up. WSS

Well sure it won't happen in our lifetime or probably our childrens life time. Go back two hundred years and tell somebody we could fly to Mars. They didn't even fucking know where Mars was exactly. Technology is snowballing so quickly we have no idea what will be possible in 100 years. WSS

I ain't applying for a patent on the question. Just curious. WSS

Well that does beg the question what are these panels installed on? Asphalt and concrete? Sand? Pachked earth ? WSS

Well in the video they suggest that these things generate heat and keep the snow and ice melted. It would be cool if it worked. I was thinking more of the durability factor in terms of cracking and breaking and potholes. Maybe because the temperature would eliminate that problem? Hard to a Magin it generating enough heat how to bypass 15 below... WSS

Speaking of cost I've looked into a wind turbine generator they sell for around two or three thousand books. Doesn't seem unreasonable if they work WSS

Depends on whether they are manufactured in China or the United States in a union shop with a government subsidy. For home use it would have to be pretty reasonable since I think what electric bill is usually well less than a hundred bucks a month. I also wonder about how durable they would be here in an Ohio winter. As it is we are constantly doing major repairs to something as simple as gravel and asphalt. I would hope that the generated power would offset d building and maintenance cost. WSS

all we need to do is let the power companies do it, not the administration. Just think if you were the electric company and you could provide all the power you provide today and not have to purchase coal or oil. Profit would be insane.WSS

the biggest problem I would see financially is the same as we will encounter if and when we replace all the incandescent lights in businesses streetlights schools stadiums etc with LED. It will take 10% of the power meaning that there will be probably 90% savings. That means a lot of money not going into the companies that provide that powerand the people who work for them. Unless of course they just start robbing the public for what cost them 90% less. WSS

As a matter of fact I'd like to see roofing material made out of this shit. WSS

I'm in. And sure it's going to cost a shitload of money and take a shitload of time. Probably a shitload more (and a shitload less efficient) if its controlled by the federal government. Ha ha ha ha ha. But even if someone accuses me of stepping off the reservation I think solar panels natural gas and wind turbines are a fine idea. I hope the driving force behind them ends up being Ford, Subaru, Exxon and British Petroleum instead of Uncle Sam but..... WSS