Use of Asphalt Paved Surfaces For Solar Heat 110
vg30e writes "It seems that a company in the Netherlands has found a way to use asphalt paved surfaces as solar heat collectors. Flexible tubes under the surface of the road collect heat from asphalt pavement using water as the working liquid. The heated water is stored underground for later use in defrosting the road, or heating buildings. With all the miles of highway in the continental US, this might be a viable way of collecting massive amounts of thermal energy."
Energy efficient meme (Score:4, Funny)
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> A more layman style description can be made using orange squash. Imagine you have a large volume of orange squash...
I was having trouble following the process because I am unfamiliar with this "water" material you used in your example. Thank goodness you gave an analogy using "orange squash." Now the process is crystal clear because I am much more familiar with "orange squash" than water, as I'm sure is the case with most everyone reading this.