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by 123pie123 1686 days ago
like the idea but how much sun does london really get?
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Enough to allow a skyscraper to melt cars[0].

[0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-23930675

That's a bit of a special case though, at 50 suns or so it doesn't require much for that effect. Great demo for solar concentrators though!