What I want to know is did the squids use the chalk roads or did the squids become the chalk roads.
When the squid community faced a perilous migration across treacherous terrains, Ozymandias would emerge from the depths and lay down chalk roads, imbued with his magical ink, to guide his fellow squids safely to their destination. These chalk roads glowed with an ethereal blue light, illuminating the darkest depths of the ocean.
As time passed, the squids would harness the power of Ozymandias’ magical ink to transform themselves temporarily into living chalk roads. By intertwining their arms and tentacles, they would create a network of living paths on the ocean floor, allowing other marine creatures to traverse great distances with ease.
This extraordinary ability became a cherished tradition among squids, passed down from generation to generation as a testament to their unity and adaptability. The legend of the squid chalk roads grew, spreading across the seas, inspiring awe and wonder among all creatures who heard the tale.
And thus the squid was enlightened
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great story!
It is said that if the squids are in great danger, the squid king can awaken the giant squid in the living chalk paths. This apocalyptic event is known as the bubbling.
~Bubbling. Bubbling. It’s coming ~
This is waaaaay to simple of a depiction of modern roads. Modern infrastructure is super complex, with roads going down meters with many different layers and components.
I would recommend the Practical Engineering YouTube channel to get some insight in how complex our modern infrastructure actually is. Things that seem so simple on the surface are often really complex.
Also: roads aren’t designed for cars, they are designed for super heavy big vehicles carrying tons of materials. If the road can handle those, the cars don’t really matter all that much.
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Back when trader squids roamed the planet
I’d shop at a store named Trader Squids, that sounds awesome
The medieval cart track looks like a smoother ride than the turnpike road.
I guess many roads are hundreds, if not thousands of years old. There are not many reasons to change the position of an established road, e.g. between cities, so I think the main roads that connect them often started as trails between villages and where upgraded according to the needs of the people. The junction in your city next to your city hall may have been an important trading spot before the middle ages already.
There are not many reasons to change the position of an established road, e.g. between cities
Well, for once, Eridu is gone now.
What’s that in the future? Silicon?
Metal rails
Charred bones.
There’s a company in Sandpoint, ID that is developing solar panels made from glass to replace asphalt. It’s still in fairly early development, but it’s an interesting idea.
EEVBlog did the math about the thing and with our current (and predicted) tech it’s rubbish. There just isn’t enough power from it to gain much even if roads cover a lots of square meters and durability of currently available panels just isn’t there. It’s just bloody expensive road with miniscule amounts of power in exchange.
Doesn’t work. Keep the solar panels on roofs and over canals where they can get sun. Keep the roads simple stone so they are durable and cheap.
It’s been tried and failed before
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/solar-roadways-engineering-failure
High tech Japanese superconducting MAGLEV trains (someday).
Most likely Chinese.
I had to look up this road, it goes right by Stonehenge in England. Absolutely wild.
I mean some road had to be near Stonehenge. Just like theres a nearest road to the Pyramids or the Eiffle Tower or the grand canyon.
You can find your way home, on the 303
You can let somebody know, on the 303
Oh on the 303
The next road is room temp. superconductor and we levitate thru the road by Meissner effect.
