Highway 2.0: An American Interstate for the Solar Age (Part 1: Biomass)
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Vacant land along Americas interstate highway system is renewed through the growing of quick-cycling biomass crops and the installation of wind turbines and solar photovoltaics. This represents an entirely new economy: Interstate Energy Farming. A redeveloped interstate corridor would be the backbone of an adaptive landscape reuse strategy on a national level. Visit us at www.wholesystemsdesign.com to learn more.
July 30th, 2010 at 7:23 am
This is very interesting,i see how this could work.
July 30th, 2010 at 7:27 am
Very interesting concept! Here in Canada, many highways are surrounded with trees and other plants but they are not harvested. . . Common reed is often used in the middle of lanes to catch pollutants from the highways. The biomass generated by these reeds is amazing!