Juggling Dynamite

Solar is popping up just about everywhere, even landfills and parka pockets along with contaminated golf courses near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (pictured on left) .  Read more here: Solar energy pops up in unexpected places.

So why not roads? Indeed, solar road projects are gaining interest around the world, and some promise to even charge electric cars while moving.

The Netherlands built the first solar road, a bike path, in 2014. France announced a bolder move in January—over the next five years, it plans to install 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of solar roads, designed to supply power to five million people.

The sun’s rays can hit some roads for up to 90 percent of the daylight hours, so companies in Europe and the U.S. are experimenting with building solar panels along or above roads.

Further to my Sharp rebound to where? post, here is Cory’s update showing the S&P 500 rally over the past month as compared with the remarkably similar bounce in October 2015.  As far as the recent rally is concerned, are we there yet algo machines?

The beauty of electric vehicles is that as battery technology improves (and it is in leaps and bounds of range and size every year), owners can simply slip out the old and slip in the new battery under the body shell.  Meanwhile it’s not just fuel that is free and zero emission thereafter, but also parts and maintenance costs are virtually non-existent over the life of the vehicle as compared with old ICE “internal combustion engine” models.  Conventional car dealers design to make the bulk of their profits on the never-ending need for repairs and marked up parts.  That model is in its dying days…

Go London! See  100% solar-powered buses arrive in London as UK eyes zero emissions:

Following the Climate Change Act passed in 2008, the U.K. is currently aiming to cut its CO2 emissions by at least 80% by 2050. Also, according to the U.K.’s pledge made at the United Nations climate change conference in Paris, in less than 35 years all new cars sold in the country will be emissions free.