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Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

Boxturret posted:

it's like some sort of mech...for a fish

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fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

Boxturret posted:

it's like some sort of mech...for a fish

fund now

coffeetable
Feb 5, 2006

TELL ME AGAIN HOW GREAT BRITAIN WOULD BE IF IT WAS RULED BY THE MERCILESS JACKBOOT OF PRINCE CHARLES

YES I DO TALK TO PLANTS ACTUALLY

Sweevo posted:

i'm the people who die because the panels come lose/are stolen, leaving exposed studs sticking out of the road that burst my tyres and send me spinning into oncoming traffic

doesn't even need to burst the tyres

quote:

In the morning of 25 April 1999 on the M3 motorway in Hampshire, England, a van dislodged the steel body of a cat's eye which flew through the windscreen of a following car and hit a passenger (the drum and bass DJ known as Kemistry) in the face, killing her instantly.

Oppenheimer
Dec 26, 2011

by Smythe
Solar roads are radical because no semi truck had ever spilled a heavy load or tipped over and fell on a road, furthermore having one of those bolts come final destination style through my windshield and kill me is worth the risk of the panels I think, what a cool way to die.

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA
May 29, 2008


This is the best kickstarter of all time

01011001
Dec 26, 2012


owns

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene
so if you want solar in parking lots, why not just put solar roofing over the lot... keep cars cool and drastically simplifies rain/snow/weight issues

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

so if you want solar in parking lots, why not just put solar roofing over the lot... keep cars cool and drastically simplifies rain/snow/weight issues

even not having solar panels on the roof would save way more non-renewable energy than solar panels that are going to be covered up by the parking lot occupants

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

so if you want solar in parking lots, why not just put solar roofing over the lot... keep cars cool and drastically simplifies rain/snow/weight issues

because when you have a flat roof parking lot owners don't think "hey i could put solar panels up there!" they think "hey i could put more cars up there", followed by "...and hike up parking charges to pay for the ramp"

Sweevo fucked around with this message at 11:11 on May 27, 2014

Adult Sword Owner
Jun 19, 2011

u deserve diploma for sublime comedy expertise

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

so if you want solar in parking lots, why not just put solar roofing over the lot... keep cars cool and drastically simplifies rain/snow/weight issues

uh thats pretty common

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

theflyingexecutive posted:

i'm the solar panels with backup batteries and gps transmitters

lmfao

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Adult Sword Owner posted:

uh thats pretty common

i've never seen one. it's certainly not ubiquitous

what stops your local tacostardonalds from doing it

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy
you don't need gps transmitters to track stolen solar road thingies you just need every single road covered in solar road panels forming a global wireless mesh network so the stolen panel can be localized when it auto-connects.

way cheaper that way.

Adult Sword Owner
Jun 19, 2011

u deserve diploma for sublime comedy expertise

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

i've never seen one. it's certainly not ubiquitous

what stops your local tacostardonalds from doing it

for relatively small parking lots next to buildings its probably cost prohibitive


but i have seen it on the top level of parking garages

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

what stops your local tacostardonalds from doing it
what's the incentive, while energy prices are so low? it would have to be a "look how green we are" publicity thing, and Taco Bell customers don't give a gently caress about environmental guilt, they just want cheap tacos

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
Solar panels on everything would be good for driving down power costs for buildings with relatively heavy, consistent draw during the day

has anyone done a study on what it would do if like some largeish town actually put solar all over everything though; would it literally fry birds out of midair and blind people/pilots

Vicas
Dec 9, 2009

Sweet tricks, mom.

Fabricated posted:

Solar panels on everything would be good for driving down power costs for buildings with relatively heavy, consistent draw during the day

has anyone done a study on what it would do if like some largeish town actually put solar all over everything though; would it literally fry birds out of midair and blind people/pilots

this would be the best city

just to further transform this into the yospos solar power thread, have costs for installation/parts been getting lower? i've always heard the biggest problem with solar is that it's prohibitively expensive to install like 99% of the time, but i've never really looked into it

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Fabricated posted:

Solar panels on everything would be good for driving down power costs for buildings with relatively heavy, consistent draw during the day

has anyone done a study on what it would do if like some largeish town actually put solar all over everything though; would it literally fry birds out of midair and blind people/pilots

if you're reflecting you're doing something wrong

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

isn't solar way better for water heating rather than electricity?

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

ayn rand hand job posted:

if you're reflecting you're doing something wrong

why are plants green instead of black though?

i would guess chlorophyll is easier to make or is it because plants are racist?

we just don't know

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...

Fabricated posted:

Solar panels on everything would be good for driving down power costs for buildings with relatively heavy, consistent draw during the day

has anyone done a study on what it would do if like some largeish town actually put solar all over everything though; would it literally fry birds out of midair and blind people/pilots

you lose a shitload converting it from DC to AC

so you actually get huge savings with DC equipment where you don't need an inverter

and

ayn rand hand job posted:

if you're reflecting you're doing something wrong
the real problem is all the stupid heat you end up with

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregorylamberson/killer-rack :allears:





coffeetable
Feb 5, 2006

TELL ME AGAIN HOW GREAT BRITAIN WOULD BE IF IT WAS RULED BY THE MERCILESS JACKBOOT OF PRINCE CHARLES

YES I DO TALK TO PLANTS ACTUALLY

syscall girl posted:

i would guess chlorophyll is easier to make or is it because plants are racist?

chlorophyll is apparently a decent candidate for the Great Filter. might be plenty of life out there, but this is the one planet where its solar powered

on the other hand, retinal and the purple earth hypothesis is a thing

coffeetable fucked around with this message at 23:58 on May 27, 2014

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting


why does her boobs have eyes and mouth?

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

You Am I posted:

why does her boobs have eyes and mouth?
do you think either of these dorks have seen a boob

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

anthonypants posted:

do you think either of these dorks have seen a boob



not a female one

DaTroof
Nov 16, 2000

CC LIMERICK CONTEST GRAND CHAMPION
There once was a poster named Troof
Who was getting quite long in the toof

anthonypants posted:

do you think either of these dorks have seen a boob


i'm not even convinced they've ever seen a movie

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

anthonypants posted:

do you think either of these dorks have seen a boob



that hat beard and glasses combo is killing me

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Al! posted:

that hat beard and glasses combo is killing me
for me it was the old metallica t-shirt with an xxxl neck

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

anthonypants posted:

for me it was the old metallica t-shirt with an xxxl neck

pretty sure that's one of those giant flags you could buy in the back of metal edge to put up in your basement apartment

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

anthonypants posted:

for me it was the old metallica t-shirt with an xxxl neck

i like to think that 20 years ago it was a medium

Rufus Ping
Dec 27, 2006





I'm a Friend of Rodney Nano
Good to see johnny290 has found a new job

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice
jonny get outta the south(ern fried chicken shack)

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Yodzilla posted:

i like to think that 20 years ago it was a medium
the t-shirt was probably smaller back then too

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Yodzilla posted:

i like to think that 20 years ago it was a medium

His goiter or the shirt?

cool biRd pics
Aug 28, 2009

you will feel ashamed of your words & deeds
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1486582757/one-mile-at-a-time-the-etihad-residences

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007


eat the rich

Vicas
Dec 9, 2009

Sweet tricks, mom.

everything about this owns. yeah uhhh, please pay me to fly in luxury so I can give uhhhhhhhh, an unbiased review, yeah!

penus de milo
Mar 9, 2002

CHAR CHAR
i like the reward tiers. for $100 i will skype you and chat about the luxury flight you paid for me to go on. for $500 you get to have dinner with me while we discuss the luxury flight that you paid for me to go on.

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prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

anthonypants posted:

do you think either of these dorks have seen a boob



:stare: i have a hat similar to that. (i only wear it when i go golfing) and similar glasses :negative:

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