When the wheel first came out, I’m sure a lot of people said it would never go anywhere, same as postal systems, paper money, automobiles and air travel.

The first “horseless carriage” is a far cry from the latest Corvette or Mercedes, but the car started from an idea, just as the other things I mentioned above.

Ideas are powerful things.

So we have some technical challenges — just like Henry Ford did back in his day. Slippery sidewalks ought to be handled with our great technology that we congratulate ourselves on daily. It’s a wonder that we haven’t broken all our arms patting ourselves on the back over our great technological advancements!

Yet, when a slippery walkway comes up, it gets declared a non-starter! It is a minor technological challenge.

Imagine IF every sidewalk, walkway and path in every city and town, that is now concreted (as you know, the making of concrete is one of the dirtiest industries) and instead, would be made from some type of plastic or glass and solar panels underneath — and could be done so economically!

I say this technological challenge can be solved. Hey, we sent men to the Moon! How hard can it be to make non-slippery plastic or non-slip glass and make it cost competitive with the concrete business?

Don’t forget about the externality costs of concrete manufacture.

Anyways, millions of megawatts of electricity could be produced by the very sidewalks we use every day. More energy could be produced, than we would need.

Look what Henry Ford started all those years ago, and with very low technology.

Cheers! We can do it! JBS

If it works, great, but I need to see data….