▲ 18 ▼ Solar rail could become common in Europe after successful trial in Switzerland (www.euronews.com) submitted 4 months ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments Comments
[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children) Well this seems obvious and genius.... permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm not so sure. But only because I've seen plenty of track that change shape as temps change. I wonder how long this type of setup lasts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Tracks only end up changing shape because they are extremely long, continuous pieces. The solar cells are not going to be single pieces and would have room to expand and contract normally. I'm more interested in finding out how they hold up to winter and snow plowing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm not so sure. But only because I've seen plenty of track that change shape as temps change. I wonder how long this type of setup lasts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Tracks only end up changing shape because they are extremely long, continuous pieces. The solar cells are not going to be single pieces and would have room to expand and contract normally. I'm more interested in finding out how they hold up to winter and snow plowing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Tracks only end up changing shape because they are extremely long, continuous pieces. The solar cells are not going to be single pieces and would have room to expand and contract normally. I'm more interested in finding out how they hold up to winter and snow plowing. permalink fedilink source parent