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Uploaded on Oct 13, 2008

Clip from James May's Big Ideas where a bunch of hippies burn and melt stuff with their 'solar furnace', oh and it has something to do with making petrol out of thin air.

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  • geurgeury

    The energy from the sun is not measured in degrees but in joules, say 1 ray is 1000 joules and a material requires 10 joules to raise from 1 degree, the material will raise 1000 degrees.

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  • ShotTower1

    For a large scale plant this does seem like a better idea that solar panels. Directed at a metal with a high melting temperature, obviously using a very dark surface container, it would heat up quickly enabling us to produce steam.

    Just really seems like a great idea. Especially for "useless" land such as the large open deserts.

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  • chrisnarozny

    that's aluminium being melted - not steel

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  • lesliewong44

    Talk about solar beam... this takes it to a whole new level!

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  • THETRUEVOICEOFROCK

    i really want to forge my next sword using this, or something similar. it will be call the solar blade and i could use it in a room of high class blacksmiths. it would be awesome

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  • Inurdaes

    Check up space-based solar and cream your pants.

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  • blazterreck

    no barbacue i'm afraid anithing that light hist makes you blind

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  • julas2ziom

    It s nice for family barbecue ;)

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  • 51gan788

    why are we not using solar power for fuel???

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  • waslala07

    Melted like sh¡t!!!

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