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title: ""If it had worked, the panels would have powered a single water…"
date: 2017-03-10
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# "If it had worked, the panels would have powered a single water…

*March 10, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://principia-scientific.org/americas-first-solar-roadway-total-disaster/](http://principia-scientific.org/americas-first-solar-roadway-total-disaster/){target="_blank"}
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\"If it had worked, the panels would have powered a single water fountain and the lights in a restroom, after more than \$500,000 in installation costs provided by a grant from the state government. The U.S. Department of Transportation initially handed \$750,000 in grants to fund the research into the scheme, then invested another pair of grants worth \$850,000 into it. The plan, dubbed, "Solar FREAKIN' Roadways" raised another \$2.2 million dollars in crowd-funding, even though several scientists publicly debunked the idea.\"\
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