My CAJ topic is “Environmental
Technology” and I started my research on solarroadways.com. That is
actually why I picked environmental technology. I was absolutely
fascinated by what I found on this website. I have always been
concerned about climate change and about what humanity does to this
planet. There are, of course, many solutions to this problem, like
electric cars, solar panels, wind energy or just saving energy.
However, I was surprised my how good the solution of Solar Roadways
sounds. What they are thinking of is this: They, in particular the
engineer Scott Brusaw, want to change the roads we are driving on.
Instead of normal asphalt roads, they want to built the roads out of
solar panels. Now most people would think something like “You can't
drive on solar panels!” but Solar Roadways has actually found a way
to do exactly that. Not only that, it should also be more safe to
drive on these roads than on usual roads. What they plan is a road
with different layers, that is intelligent, produces energy and even
uses recycled materials. The top layer, called Road Surface Layer,
will be made out of glass. Glass can be as hard as steel, is
transparent enough for the sunlight to pass through and is perfect
for driving when dry. Under the glass, there will be heating elements
so that the road is never wet or snowy. There will be LEDs
incorporated so that there can be warnings and information written
directly on the road and there will, of course, be the solar panels.
Under this layer, there will be the Electronics Layer. This layer
collects the electronic energy, controls the heating elements, the
lighting, the monitoring and everything else electronic. This layer
is then protected my the bottom layer, the Base Plate Layer, which
distributes the collected energy and electronic signals. The internal
support structure will be made out of garbage from the ocean and
landfills, so the roads would even improve our garbage disaster. At
the same time there would not have to be any more power supply lines
above ground. Internet links, telephone lines and power could all be
incorporated in the roads. In addition, there could be more electric
cars, that could even be recharged directly on the roads or on
parking lots and so these roads would make us more independent from
oil and would lower our CO2 levels. I must say that I am completely
taken my this idea. There seems to be no downside to this plan at
all.
For a text to analyze I picked a video
from solarroadways.com. It is a video in which Scott Brusaw argues
for the use of these new roads:
Ethos
In terms of ethos I noticed that they
have a professor of material science from the Pennsylvania State
University, called Carlo Pantano, speaking. I would argue that he
looks very wise and also quite old and is there to reassure the
audience that this is a good thing to do. He praises the idea and
states that this is not an impossible thing to do.
Pathos
For pathos I did not find very much but
for the end of the video. In the end, Brusaw sits on the couch with
his wife and his child and they talk about how our actions are going
to affect the next generation. They even zoom in on the child
yawning, I think that is a clear sign of them wanting the audience to
emphasis with the poor children, who deserve a good life in the
future.
there are some children in the video to
look cute I guess, we affect our next generation
Logos
The Logos is very clear right from the
beginning. The video even starts by telling the audience that asphalt
roads are too expensive, and that we will not be able to built them
anymore in the future. Then there are many more facts and advantages
to come, like the road that pays or itself and even provides new
features. O that if we cover all roads in most of the states with
solar panels, we will be able to produce three times more energy than
needed in one year. So there are many convincing facts in the video.
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