[TheForge] crackpottery

[frosty at customcpu.com]

Okay, now we're talking!

I don't have any numbers, though Im sure they were posted before I read your 
post, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't take nearly as much solar focus as a 
person might think. I'd guess a few sq ft to a couple sq yds.

One of my projects if the opportunity arrises is foil or mylar lining a 
satellite dish to find out. Tracking the sun is simply a matter of hooking a 
cat up to it.

Frosty

Quoting Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>:

> 
> Well, if you are not going for natural methane as a fuel;
> How bout solar?
> How many square feet of reflective surface does it take to heat a 
> couple of cubic inches of iron to a healthy yellow?
> What's the junkyard tracking mechanism?
> All this talk of slacktubsicles leaves me cold.
> Pete F
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