MEP EP#259: Troncrete

MEP EP#259: Troncrete
Parker Your C@$% Is Mine Now We actually brought up the security report on this device back in Oct 2020 on episode MEP 245: K-factoring A Gumbo Qiui, the China-based manufacturer of the device, which is aptly called Cellmate, did not respond to a request for comment Stephen Solar Freaking Roadways! First talked about on MEP EP1… “France building a huge solar roadway. This again?” Solar Roadway Timeline 2006 solar roadways is founded 2009 - 100k small business innovation grant from USDOT 2011 - 750k small business innovation grant from USDOT to make small “parking lot” This is what shows up in all the videos. 2014 Indigogo campaign raises 2.2mil - the highest at the time 2016 given an additional 750k by USDOT 2016 Jeff Jones Town Square 30 panels Supposed 60k install cost Wiki - .25kW per day Typical Home install 1.45kW/day According to thunderF00T ⅓rd of the energy is consumed by the LEDs and the remainder is in heat. 2016 France installs Wattway 5.2 million to build expected 767 kwh per day. $20/ kwh 13x the cost of rooftop installation. Only produced 409kwh/day 2020 December USA gets its first real solar road! Woohoo! City of Peachtree Corners in Gwinnett County, Georgia About the size of a typical Rooftop install but less than half as efficient 4 Solar roadways we can find in the world… only 1 has been declared a success. Dutch bike path 70-metre test bike path generating 3,000 kWh Looks to be a meter wide. 70 sq meters or ~760 sq ft Average house only needs ~300 sq ft of solar panels on a roof....