My understanding is that there has been lots of better alternatives for road materials than we use now, but at least in the U.S. part of the reason against utilizing something more "hardy" is to maintain construction jobs. Pretty much the same argument against automating jobs.
Hearing about things like this just drive me up a wall. We stop implementing new innovations we could benefit from in the long run just to inflate the job market???
Sometimes I wonder what we could achieve if we didn't have to scramble to secure enough wages to live off of and if that was guaranteed to us.
Reminds me of solar roadways: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways#/story
My understanding is that there has been lots of better alternatives for road materials than we use now, but at least in the U.S. part of the reason against utilizing something more "hardy" is to maintain construction jobs. Pretty much the same argument against automating jobs.
Hearing about things like this just drive me up a wall. We stop implementing new innovations we could benefit from in the long run just to inflate the job market???
Sometimes I wonder what we could achieve if we didn't have to scramble to secure enough wages to live off of and if that was guaranteed to us.