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scott: We have a manufacturer
in Dayton, Ohio, under contract.
They’re buying equipment now so
they can do 1,000 solar panels a day.
We have another potential manu-
facturer in various areas of contract
negotiation. The idea is to have a lot
of manufacturers out there crank-
ing these panels out as fast as we
can because I think we’ve got a time
clock on our planet.
In your wildest dreams, what do
you see the world being like in 20
years if you’re successful?
scott: Covered in solar roadways.
julie: And it seems like the world
is moving towards the autonomous
electric vehicle, and perhaps people
won’t own cars anymore. They will
just call for an autonomous vehicle
when they need to go somewhere,
and they can get a small car if it’s just
them or a large car if they’re taking
a bunch of people. Those things will
help the planet in so many ways. Our
focus is how do we help the planet
become sustainable, and that’s what
keeps us going every day.
GLOW IN THE DARK The Brusaw’s solar panels
turn sunlight into electricity and also power their
own built-in LEDs for nighttime illumination.