I call shenanigans.
Let's do some math...
5 billion panels at approximately $10K each at (far less than) today's prices for regular home panels which may be as low as $500 each when on sale, purchased in bulk, and discontinued models (note his panels are 12'x12', which is approximately 15-20 normal size panels spliced together) This means JUST the panels for his idea would cost over $50 TRILLION (at the insane discount price I described). This does not include instalation (labor and hardware), inverters, wireing, transmission, super-glass coating, heater, LED setup, .... All this is usually at least 2/3 -3/4 the cost of a solar system without super-glass, so lets be stupidly kind again and say his system can be put together at the same cost per watt as a cheap home system (which is insanity, it would cost 10 times that per watt or per square foot at least, probably more like 100 times with the super glass), that comes to >$150 TRILLION. Then you need to completely redesign cars (even the already electrics) to capture and use the electricity, another huge, ignored cost of this system. Just an educated guess, it seems like a realistic number for this entire nation wide system would likely be well over $3000Trillion. Get real.
Also, in what world are most roadways not shaded, it's not the one I live in.
And I guess we won't be driving at night anymore, or should we spend another $100-$1000 trillion to line the roadways with batteries?
They answer the comment 'you'll just slip off when it's wet' with 'it's nearly as stong as steel'. ? Perhaps they think sliding off the road is fine, I don't.
They imply they think they're system is cheaper than asphalt, or soon will be. That's just plain wrong under the best (or worst) of circumstances.
The entire 'pressure plate' idea is just stupid, it ignores the energy used to push the plate down, which is the same as constantly climbing a steep hill, or really more like constantly driving up stairs.
Get your broom people.

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>> ^evilspongebob:

Looks like he is on the comeback trail.
http://videosift.com/video/The-best-and-worst-music-vide
o-in-the-world-rolled-into-one
Holy crap! That could be him!

Looks like he is on the comeback trail.

http://videosift.com/video/The-best-and-worst-music-video-in-the-world-rolled-into-one

SO ashamed to admit that I love that terrible song. It's the best worst.

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Go *Canada!


Thanks. I'm an idiot...

>> ^westy:

This is just annoying , Yes its possible for sum one to compose general music around random notes.
seems like a mastabatory celebration of the protentoise interpretation of what a piano is.


Well I, for one, completely agree with westy. Ms. Kronenberg's arrangement of this piece belies the typical human ignorance involved when trying to project the metaphysical onto the postmodern darkness of the everyday conditional object. Her lack of finesse when dealing with the emotional spectrum involved with the derivatives of dialectical emotional power is clumsy at best. At worst it becomes a maladroit nightmare of unresolved, vernal weltschmerz.

Additionally, my balls can play the key-fiddle better than this chump.

Seven of Nine is the model of a perfect human being.

For the record, the Star Trek captains from best to worst are Picard, Janeway, Kirk, Black Guy, Quantum Leap.

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Yep - there's some good ones in there. It could be a good year for SF. Duncan Jones - director of Moon is also working on a Bladerunner homage! http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/duncan-jones-mute-stalled-but-homage-to-blade-runner-is-next/>> ^garmachi:

>> ^dag:
Here's a good preview of what to expect from SF films in 2012:
http://io9.com/5872776/70%252B-science-fictionfantasy-mov
ies-to-watch-out-for-in-2012
Most excited about Prometheus and Cloud Atlas.

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Thanks @dag

>> ^dag:

Here's a good preview of what to expect from SF films in 2012:
http://io9.com/5872776/70%252B-science-fictionfantasy-mov
ies-to-watch-out-for-in-2012
Most excited about Prometheus and Cloud Atlas.


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Thanks @dag

>> ^Ryjkyj:

Wow, just watched the trailer for "The Innkeepers". I'll have to go see that one.


Definitely check it out (I liked it quite a bit, obviously), but I should warn you that the trailer is right up there with the Drive trailer in terms of being really misleading about the tone/content of the film. The Innkeepers is just as much a low-key drama (with a fair amount of humour thrown in) as it is a horror film, despite the fact that the trailer plays up the horror elements exclusively. I think 95% of that trailer is footage from the last 40 minutes or so of the film. It's a great movie, but if you go in expecting the straight horror film that the trailer promises, you'll probably be disappointed.