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Solar Potential for Roads throughout U.S.

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Along with solar panels researchers and scientist are currently working on a way to convert all the heat that the asphalt on our road collects and convert it into an energy source for positive uses. If you have ever stepped out onto the street in the middle of a summer day you know just how hot the asphalt can get.A couple years ago I actually heard of a similar concept but instead of having the heat receptors inside of the streets they would be in the tires of our cars producing energy to run our cars on. I thought it would be a great idea but ever since that day I have heard nothing more of it, maybe because this idea is a better one?<span style=""mso-spacerun: ">  The solar potential for our streets is still in the early stages of development but once they come up with a for sure way to gather up all that energy it will make a great energy source for us to use.