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To: grundle

Looks HEAVY. That is a LOT of glass. Hard to see that much glass being more cost effective and efficient than the current designs.


14 posted on 02/10/2014 2:14:31 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Yeah, and just watch as illegals start walking right past the copper wiring and steal the glass orbs.


16 posted on 02/10/2014 2:16:52 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Pikachu_Dad
Probably look something like this...


28 posted on 02/10/2014 2:23:53 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Pikachu_Dad
Looks HEAVY. That is a LOT of glass.

Perhaps it could be filled with liquid.

The real issue is that it isn't a concentrator...rather, it's a redirector, much like a corner reflector. That means that you are substituting the spheres for the tracking control to follow the sun. It's a fixed-geometry trade-off.

30 posted on 02/10/2014 2:25:01 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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