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Originally posted by DaMod
So uhhh, why don't they use it to heat water.... Which makes steam... which turns a turbine..... which generates electricity?
Screw solar panels, this would work better!
Originally posted by clever024
You know that was an awesome video showing the sun melting steal, The thing I'm thrown off by is, if they have a machine made of mirrors that can produce that much heat, and heat is just merely energy, have they not found a way to harness the energy for conventional use, or is it merely the fact it would put out too many businesses?
edit to add: 1st!!
[edit on 12-10-2009 by clever024]