Name: 超厲害！太陽能公路開發中 (Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!)
Uploaded: 2022-05-03T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 7 min

好吧，這次認真的，這是什麼？

It's technology that replaces all roadways, parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, tarmacs, bike paths, and outdoor recreation services with solar panels.

這是一種能用太陽能板來取代所有馬路、停車場、人行道、車道、柏油路、自行車道，以及戶外休閒設施的新科技。

And not just lifeless, boring solar panels; smart, micro processing, interlocking, hexagonal solar units.

不是一般無趣、無聊的太陽能板；是智慧型、微處理、連動式、六角型太陽能板。

No more useless asphalt and concrete, just sitting there, baking in the sun, needing to repaved, and filling with potholes that are ruining the axle alignment on your sweet ride, bro.

再也沒有熱到能煎蛋的柏油水泥路面，不用重鋪、也不會坑坑巴巴，不會讓老兄你的愛車輪軸受損。

Replace a panel at a time if damaged or malfunctioning.

壞掉或故障的話，再換一個就好。

They're covered with a new tempered glass material that has been designed and tested to meet all impact load and traction requirements.

這個面板的表層材質是經過設計和測試的新型鍛造玻璃，能夠承受一切衝擊負荷和牽引力需求。

Oh, and did I mention that they're also solar panels?

噢，還有，我有提到這是太陽能面板嗎？

They generate electricity, they generate capital.

They pay for themselves, and they keep paying more 'cause we're not gonna run out of sun for like 15 billion years.

自給自足，還能供應其他用電，因為太陽能源150億年後都也不會枯竭。

That lowers the cost of energy, unlike those bills in the mail that keep going up.

這能減少能源費用，不像信箱裡的帳單會越積越多。

Everyone can theoretically drive an electric car with no pollution and a minimal carbon footprint.

理論上大家都能開著零污染且只有微量二氧化碳排放量的電動車。

Can you imagine how good our cities would smell?

你能想像城市空氣會變得多清新嗎？

Excuse me, young man, am I being led to believe that this thing is some sort of...thing?

不好意思，這位年輕人，你是想讓我相信真的有這麼好康的...事？

沒錯。真是如此，這真的能實現。

And clean energy is only as primary function.

Grab a notepad 'cause this is where it gets interesting.

準備好筆記本吧，接下來會更有趣。

For those in the north, the panels use energy they collect to power elements to keep the surface temperature a few degrees above freezing.

在北方，這種太陽能板能用來儲存能量，以維持表面溫度，使其溫度高於冰點。

No more ice and snow on roads causing traffic delays, accidents, and injury.

路上不再結冰積雪，能減少交通阻塞、車禍、人員傷亡。

No more shoveling your driveway and sidewalk.

No salt corroding your car, or wasting tax money on snow removal.

愛車不用受鹽腐蝕、不用浪費稅錢除雪。

And, you can ride your bike or drive your motorcycle all year round. (Woah!)

而且，你一整年都能騎機車、腳踏車。（喔耶！）

Every panel has a series of LED lights on the circuit board that can be programmed to make landscape designs, warning signs, parking lot configurations, whatever.

每塊太陽能板都有 LED 燈連接電路板，可用來做路面標示、警示標誌、停車格設置，諸如此類。

These roads never have to have lanes repainted.

Just reprogram to whatever we choose or whatever works best.

只要重新設計電路，就能隨意變換成我們想要的或是最好的標示。

Imagine a highway road lighting up ahead of you.

想像發光的高速公路在你眼前延伸。

How much safer it would be to drive at night?

夜間開車會變得安全許多，對吧？

There'd be improved visibility for pilots landing on solar landing strips.

太陽能飛機跑道也能提升飛行員降落的能見度。

Imagine walking onto a solar recreation court and choosing a sports configuration.

想像一下，你站上太陽能球場，開始選擇想玩的運動。

Kids wanna play hopscotch and foursquare? Awesome.

孩子想跳房子、玩四方遊戲？沒問題。

And with LED lights under your feet, it's gonna look like freaking Tron out there, but real.

看看腳下的 LED 燈，就像電子世界爭霸戰的場景一般，但這是真的。

這裡就是現實世界。（喔耶！）

But these panels are also pressure sensitive, so they can detect when large debris like branches or boulders have fallen on to the road.

這些板子也有壓力感應功能，所以能偵測路上的大型碎片，像是掉在路上的樹幹或巨石。

Or for when animals are crossing, they can warn drivers with LED text to slow down for an obstruction.

動物穿越馬路時，也能用 LED 文字來提示駕駛前方有障礙要減速。

I'm very, you know, environmentally conscious.

人家，你知道的，人家很在意環保議題。

Good, 'cause solar roadways use as much recycled material in their production as possible.

很好，因為太陽能道路的製作上都盡量的使用再生資源。

Plus, the roadways have two channels that form what's called the cable corridor that runs concurrently with the roadways themselves.

另外，馬路旁會有兩條溝渠用來做為管線通道，與太陽能馬路同步運作。

One part houses electrical cables, meaning power lines, day lines, fiber optics, and high speed Internet.

一條是家用電纜，也就是電線、線路、光纖、高速網路等等。

Which replaces the need for telephone pole and hanging wires that can be damaged during storms, causing power outages.

這能取代會在暴風雨受損、造成停電的電線桿及懸掛電線。

Or become extremely dangerous if severed, either as fallen livewires or buried cables.

也不會造成各種更劇烈的風險，像是電線掉落、或是地下電纜。

The other channel captures and filters storm water and melted snow, moving them either to a trimming facility or trimming them on sight.

另一條溝渠用來疏導過濾雨水及融化的雪水，將水輸往淨水廠、或是就地過濾。

Greatly decreasing the amount of pollution that enters our soil, lakes, rivers and oceans.

這能大幅減少酸雨汙染，保護我們的土地、湖泊、河流、與海洋。

Do you realize how many thousands of jobs this could create and sustain?

你知道這能創造且供養幾千個工作機會嗎？

Talk about a hypodermic adrenaline shot to the heart of the manufacturing in infrastructure sector.

可說是一劑強心針，大幅提升公共部門的建設。

And it pays for itself, they're solar freakin' roadways.

而且能源自給，這就是超屌太陽能馬路。

Um, I have concerns about the future, is this thing even possible?

嗯，我很關心人類未來，這真的做得到嗎？

Solar roadway technology was invented by engineering couple, Julie and Scott Brusaw, in 2006.

太陽能馬路是由一對工程師夫妻研發，在 2006 年由 Julie Brusaw 和 Scott Brusaw 發明。

Two of the sweetest people in the world, who met when they were 3 and 4 years old.

他們是世上最恩愛的夫妻之一，在 3 歲 4 歲時就認識了彼此。

Hi, we're Scott and Julie Brusaw, inventors of solar roadways.

嗨，我們是 Scott 和 Julie，太陽能馬路的發明者。

We met in the 1960s when we were 3 and 4 years old.

我們 3 歲 4 歲時就認識了，那時是 1960 年代。

These wonderful, intelligent people want to begin manufacturing a technology that can power the future of the whole freaking planet.

這兩位善良又聰明的人，想創造一項能為地球帶來光明的未來的科技。

They were awarded a contract from the Federal Highway Administration to build two prototypes, which are now complete.

他們與聯邦高速公路局談成合約，現在已經完成了兩個雛型。

They're too humble and wonderful to yell at you over the Internet, so I'm gonna do it.

他們太謙虛和低調了，不想在網路上大肆宣傳，所以我來為他們做這件事。

You need to know about this technology. You need to get behind it.

你需要了解這項技術。你得去關注它。

You need to share with everyone you know.

'Cause this is actually happening. (Woah!)

We have the technology to do what nature's done since the beginning of life on this planet.

我們能用科技做到從生物出現於地球開始，大自然即一直在做的事。

Harness the power of the sun to fuel our pursuits.

利用太陽的能量來點燃我們的追求。

And this isn't about filling a field with solar panels, wasting land.

這不是用太陽能板鋪滿一大塊地、浪費空間。

Our roads and parking lots are just sitting there, reflecting sunlight and absorbing heat, not doing nothing for nobody.

而是做成道路與停車場，讓它反射陽光、吸收熱能，對人毫不干擾。

Which I guess means it's doing something for somebody.

We have to make the changes we want to see in the world.

The FHWA has provided the start-up fund to create the prototypes.

聯邦高速公路局提供了創始基金來製造雛形。

But now a grass-root effort of concerned and inspired people can push this project into independent production.

現在需要關心且受到啟發的各位的力量，讓這個計畫得已獨立實行。

If we vote with our money for project we believe in, we can create a future where our society is driven by new ideas.

如果我們將金錢投入這個信念，就能為社會帶來充滿創新的未來。

It need only begin with private driveways and parking lots.

只需從私人車道和停車場開始改造起。

Once the ball gets rolling, it'll create a momentum all on its own.

一旦開始，計畫就能水到渠成。

Not to mention, it's finally gonna look like the freakin' future out there.

更不用說，最後城市會有滿滿的科技、大大的未來。

City streets, driveway, sidewalks, and schoolyards glowing with LED panels. Are you kidding?

大街小巷、汽車道、人行道和操場，都有LED閃耀著。騙人的吧？

Imagine street festivals, imagine Mardi Gras, imagine the Movement Electronic Music Festival in downtown Detroit.

想像各種街頭慶典、嘉年華會，想像底特律的電子音樂節。

But all the concrete and hard plastic's been replaced with pressure-sensitive panels with multicolored lights in them.

所有的水泥硬磚會變成鑲著五顏六色燈泡的壓力感應版。

And not to mention, they're freakin' solar panels!

更不用說，這是超屌太陽能馬路！

It is been estimated that if all the roads in America were converted to solar roadways, the country would generate three times as much energy as it currently uses.

如果美國所有道路都變成太陽能馬路，預計可以產生比現在多三倍的能源。

Think about that, an abundance of clean energy.

想想看，這是大量的環保能源。

喜歡電子世界爭霸戰？太陽能馬路。