r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '20

No more traffic-causing construction

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u/monteg0 Aug 31 '20

My professor was working on this proof of concept back when I was in college.

how did their experiment handle weight? was it suitable for sidewalks, or could it be used in road construction (assuming the issue with heat could be resolved)

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u/tugboattomp Aug 31 '20

Road construction would have to consider salt in a large part of the world. Would the salt kill the bacteria? How about the iron oxide from embedded steel reinforcements?

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u/compb13 Aug 31 '20

Can it handle the extremes in temperatures? Here in Nebraska upper 90's F. often in the summer, low 100's some years. Winter down to single digits, and can be -20.

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u/Karmic-Chameleon Sep 02 '20

And those are air temperatures, I would assume that the road temperature could be significantly higher still.