Plastic Roadways BUSTED!

So they are going to make roads out of plastic.... they will last 3 times longer.... will handle cables and water... AND be made out of recycled material!! Kinda like solar roadways, just without the solar panels!.. and now it has some 60 million hits on facebook! Their FAQ page is far more realistic where they basically say they dont even know if its possible or not. Makes you wonder why they described it as ’a revolution in road construction’! So the IMPLICATION is they are going to use polyethylene terephthalate, which is a great polymer. It’s used to make soda bottles. However its just WAY too soft to make a road out of. Could they make a composite material? Well maybe. Naturally it will cost more. If its fiber reinforced, you sensibly lose the ability the recycle the material. If its going to use rock to make a composite, then its basically
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