It's frankly a very bad sign of the ratio of koolaid to science that this project ever got greenlit.https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-solar-road-has-turned-out-to-be-a-disappointing-failure …
Engineering difficulties aside, I think that would bleed energy from the vehicles themselves, reducing their mileage and generally being a net negative. There's something on Wikipedia but it seems to be gibberish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_harvesting#Energy_from_smart_roads_and_piezoelectricity …
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That's exactly why I don't present options like I know what the hell I'm talking about.
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Apparently the US military tried something similar with soldiers. "DARPA's effort to harness 1–2 watts from continuous shoe impact while walking were abandoned due to the impracticality and the discomfort from the additional energy expended by a person wearing the shoes."
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