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Originally Posted by Steffen
I'm with the lawyers on this one, this is pure negligence. Concave mirrors plus sun is a fire hazard, everybody knows that! Or at least everybody should 
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Steffen. |
The mirrors (reflectors) do not need to be concave in fact plain reflectors would be better. Just imagine the heat generated if I took nine panes of glass in a window panel with nine panes then carefully adjusted the reflection of the sun from each pane to a point in the distance. The temperature at this point would be at least in the vicinity of 300 deg C
This so called "myth" has been around since I think it was Archamedes who used the principle to destroy a fleet.
Barry