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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mythbusters used a lot of mirrors, and could not get it to work.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The concept is viable. Just needs moar mirrors

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Sadly I believe they found adding more mirrors did not appreciably raise the temperature of the focal point. Diminishing returns and all. So unfortunately more mirrors is not the answer, more Lasers is!