Post AYSXrsLCRjJBMpsy8W by hembrow@todon.eu
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 (DIR) Post #AYSXrq2L0t24Dl2sSW by hembrow@todon.eu
       2023-08-06T14:35:52Z
       
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       Today we went to visit a solar cycle/foot-path in Groningen. Solar road surfaces are of course completely idiotic. Why ? Because solar cells work best when they're not in shade, when they're not covered in thick translucent plastic, when there are no pebbles, sand or cigarette butts on them, and when they are at an angle towards the sun which also allows the rain to wash them.But anyway, it was an arbitrary local destination for us on today's 70 km round trip.@eevblog #velomobile #regel17 #solarroad #solarcyclepath #groningen #cycling #scandalouswasteofresources
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSXrsLCRjJBMpsy8W by hembrow@todon.eu
       2023-08-06T14:40:25Z
       
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       A few more photos. This thing only exists because they got a huge grant. It will never pay for itself by producing electricity. It's just a grant scam. Nothing more.Normal solar cells on the buildings around here would have been a far better thing to have spent money on. Or perhaps use them to provide shelter for cyclists. That would also work.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSXrttGgY9cAmpgsS by hembrow@todon.eu
       2023-08-06T14:46:22Z
       
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       Other photos from today's ride. For one reason or another we seemed to have to leave the cycle-path quite often today.This happened either because someone was riding a horse on the cycle-path (which they're not supposed to do) or just because huge groups of grannies were going along very slowly and overtaking them wasn't realistic.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSXrvj3rTB5ri4ZFI by hembrow@todon.eu
       2023-08-06T14:51:25Z
       
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       Through a woonerf (residential street which prioritises residents) and through the still fairly awesome cycle-parking at Groningen station.It would, however, be much more awesome if the 20000 or so bikes here were being ridden rather than being stored in a huge concrete mausoleum while their owners are elsewhere...
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSXrxUFJWW1KL9lQm by hembrow@todon.eu
       2023-08-06T14:54:24Z
       
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       And on the way home we rested at a little hill built for plane-spotters at Groningen airport.This has an awesome example of greenwashing - a sign which claims that extending the runway a few years back somehow "saved" CO2. The more runway, the more CO2 is saved, apparently...Gert decided we should wait here until an aeroplane eventually took off. A small one did, and then we departed.