By Adrian Covert of Popular science SHILL Magazine
The Department of Energy just gave $100,000 to upstart company Solar Roadways, to develop 12-by-12-foot solar panels, dubbed "Solar Roads," that can be embedded into roads, pumping power into the grid. The panels may also feature LED road warnings and built-in heating elements that could prevent roads from freezing.
Each Solar Road panel can develop around 7.6 kwh of power each day, and each costs around $7,000. If widely adopted, they could realistically wean the US off fossil fuels: a mile-long stretch of four-lane highway could take 500 homes off the grid. If the entire US Interstate system made use of the panels, energy would no longer be a concern for the country. Read more
Israhell in an attempt to catalyze the peace process has pledged to double its fleet of unmanned bulldozers, which the cowardly IDF uses to colonize at a safe distance, knowing full well that those they have infringed upon have nothing left to lose and actually have a reason to fight that (contrary to popular belief) isn't embedded in religious fundamentalism. The Dozers are equipped with cameras and sensors that allow them to function unmanned when put to task. More on the Israeli slaughter of Palestine later....