Jem Melts Rock Using Sunshine - Bang Goes The Theory - Series 3, Episode 5 Preview - BBC One

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Jem Stansfield travels to the Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France. He witnesses the incredible power generated by highly concentrated sunlight.

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[Voteforclaytonishka]

new youtube channel 'Will it burn'

[Will Patt]

mass produce those lenses + boilers + steam generators + deep cycle batteries, you got yourself a powerful renewable energy source

[XxNewmilleniumxX]

There is a hole in the mirror at the middle if you look closely on top of the outside mirror there is sunlight hitting it which means there is a window on top of the mirror

[David Bluhm]

Correction; "It *will* burn."

[stickdrawer360]

But then, it'll burn everything. so, Yes.

[Phillip Johnson]

expensive? what like oil.. Oh wait oil costs WAY WAY WAY WAY WAYYY more. Irrelevant. This could be a power station. Free energy once investments complete

[WhatTheFuckJames]

And also expensive as fuck.

[Luke Graham]

I don't understand. If they're inside and the parabolic mirror is on top, where is the sunshine coming from?

[smokekilo]

fucking clouds

[kieffjo87]

"I mean, I see melting steel every other day

But I never see MAGMA!"

EVER.

That's amazing.

[Dert Asdert]

Obvious troll is Obvious

[redjarman88]

Episode One: Yes. (series Finale)