# Solar mirror melts steel

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [November 17, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231 "2008-11-17T00:54:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231/1 "2008-11-17T00:54:49Z")

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> **[Solar Furnace Melts Steel, Our Minds](https://gizmodo.com/5069043/solar-furnace-melts-steel-our-minds)**
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> Looking for the best way to feed the world's hunger for energy, James May visited a solar furnace to see how powerful they really are. Usually, solar furnaces are used to boil water into steam to generate electricity or make hydrogen fuel. But...

[youtube=425,350]8tt7RG3UR4c[/youtube]

Most amazing thing I’ve seen all week.  
Very simple in principle, but the tech is pretty advanced, that mirror is not that big at all.

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**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231/2 "2008-11-17T05:04:57Z")

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That is sick!

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**Author:** ![CustomLowz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/customlowz/32/6279_2.png) [@CustomLowz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CustomLowz)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231/3 "2008-11-17T05:28:30Z")

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all I can say is WOW

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**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231/4 "2008-11-17T09:30:57Z")

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:wow  
:jawdrop

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**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-mirror-melts-steel/240231/5 "2008-11-17T09:38:26Z")

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That’s intense