Cheaper, more efficient materials can send solar soaring
By Tom Clynes Posted 07.03.2006 at 2:00 am 1 Comment

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Early next year, dozens of huge, concave mirrors will begin to sprout on a desert farm northeast of Los Angeles. Each 37-foot-diameter Stirling dish will electronically track the sun and reflect its rays onto a heat collector, where the concentrated sunlight will superheat hydrogen to 1,300

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John Christmas
09/23/10 at 5:24 am

For what purpose is this being done? I must raise concerns that we continue to look to the sky for solutions when there is so much we can do to improve lives on earth.

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