Walking on sunshine: Idaho company debuts solar sidewalks

[Aredhel]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

They're energy sources, not snow-clearing mechanisms.

Given that, I wonder how well they'll hold up to the inevitable snow-shoveling? Most of the solar panels I've seen would be too fragile to work well as a durable walking surface, even without the potential damage that clearing the sidewalk with a shovel might cause.

[LauraC]

Do they fry birds like current solar panels?

[AlongTheI-5]

Sidewalks are under trees. That will cut down its efficiency.