Clip from James May’s Big Ideas where 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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Steel gets forged … Steel gets forged all the time, imagine doing it using this free, renewable energy source. In the desert, there is sun like 340 days a year. Build a larger one and it could work on larger areas (this is pretty small compared with some.) Problably the least probable use for this is, as you suggested, a wepon. Mythbusters prove that!
Iron-oxide is … Iron-oxide is reduced to iron using solar heat releasing oxygen. The hot iron is then exposed to steam which forms iron-oxide again releasing oxygen. The iron-oxide is reduced to iron using solar heat releasing oxygen. So, we have a process that takes sunlight and makes hydrogen and oxygen from water. The hydrogen plus carbon dioxide make methyl alcohol and water
CO2 + 3 H2 –> CH3OH + H2O
The methyl alcohol is dehydrated to form di-methyl ether which is used for form octane – premium gas
You obviously have … You obviously have very limited imagination and intelligence. Heres a tip, there is no “weather conditions” in space. Its a free source of energy, it has no moving parts so it requires next to nothing in maintenance, and as shown in the video is powerful enough to melt metal in seconds. Maybe YOU can think of a way to put it to use, but there are plenty of people who can.
thats cool as a … thats cool as a weapon but i don’t see how it’s very useful or productive for industry. it works only during certain hours, in certain regions, and only under certain weather conditions. it also only works on small areas. gundam is retarded, the only way you can power a gundam is with fusion energy… they’re trying to sell us this crap instead…
well the efficiency … well the efficiency of makig petrol out of air would be ridiculus low so no one would really attempt to try to use it for economic use…
if i had powers, i … if i had powers, i would certainly get that ability and the ability to attract the person you like. hahahaha but that is really awesome.
Clip from James May’s Big Ideas where 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.
when did James May …
when did James May do this? i thought he was doing Top Gear.
@FliegenCockatiel …
@FliegenCockatiel weapon not wepon
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@RockManAU sadly …
@RockManAU sadly gas companies are never gonna let u power ur own house
Steel gets forged …
Steel gets forged all the time, imagine doing it using this free, renewable energy source. In the desert, there is sun like 340 days a year. Build a larger one and it could work on larger areas (this is pretty small compared with some.) Problably the least probable use for this is, as you suggested, a wepon. Mythbusters prove that!
Iron-oxide is …
Iron-oxide is reduced to iron using solar heat releasing oxygen. The hot iron is then exposed to steam which forms iron-oxide again releasing oxygen. The iron-oxide is reduced to iron using solar heat releasing oxygen. So, we have a process that takes sunlight and makes hydrogen and oxygen from water. The hydrogen plus carbon dioxide make methyl alcohol and water
CO2 + 3 H2 –> CH3OH + H2O
The methyl alcohol is dehydrated to form di-methyl ether which is used for form octane – premium gas
Did I hear Chinese …
Did I hear Chinese at 0:35?
You obviously have …
You obviously have very limited imagination and intelligence. Heres a tip, there is no “weather conditions” in space. Its a free source of energy, it has no moving parts so it requires next to nothing in maintenance, and as shown in the video is powerful enough to melt metal in seconds. Maybe YOU can think of a way to put it to use, but there are plenty of people who can.
That’s not steel! …
That’s not steel! Probably Aluminum?
With that kind of …
With that kind of heat, methane can be made from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, then oligomerized into gasoline.
Dude, you totally …
Dude, you totally overcooked that hot dog.
wow an awesome …
wow an awesome parabolic to reach those temps!!!!
mind control is a …
mind control is a way better power.
thats cool as a …
thats cool as a weapon but i don’t see how it’s very useful or productive for industry. it works only during certain hours, in certain regions, and only under certain weather conditions. it also only works on small areas. gundam is retarded, the only way you can power a gundam is with fusion energy… they’re trying to sell us this crap instead…
the next wmd?
the next wmd?
THATS BAD ASS!!!
THATS BAD ASS!!!
yes!
yes!
Holy crap!
Holy crap!
LOL…. …yes.
LOL…. …yes.
If the sunlight …
If the sunlight gets bounced on it by other mirrors.. What if you put that sucker outside in direct sunlight?
well the efficiency …
well the efficiency of makig petrol out of air would be ridiculus low so no one would really attempt to try to use it for economic use…
so… mythbusters …
so… mythbusters pwned?
if i had powers, i …
if i had powers, i would certainly get that ability and the ability to attract the person you like. hahahaha but that is really awesome.
Not the twlight …
Not the twlight zone.. Gundam perhaps?
Inverse square law …
Inverse square law doesn’t work when you’re focusing the beam genius