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Solar Furnace in Uzbekistan - Rendered or Real?
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 17:15
by doo_much
Source
OK uber web-aholics.
Are these pics real or Photoshopped?
And if they ARE real - anyone have more info on the alleged solar oven?I've tried Google.
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 17:29
by Hman
I'm going to need one of these for the winter.
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 17:58
by Ike
lol, melt down aluminum? wth, You can melt aluminum over charcoal...
I say it's fake. if the mirrors are fixed it would mean the thing would only work at full capacity for a few minutes every day...
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 18:31
by Ron2K
Looks like a render to me.
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 18:57
by I34z1k
Shheeesh. Its really well done, but the like acid rain lines are too consistant IMO?
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 19:00
by Richard_
Date of original article: 31 March 2008 according to source. Most likely an early April fools joke.
[edit - can't resist posting this pic
]
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 19:08
by Stuart
Richard_ wrote:Date of original article: 31 March 2008 according to source. Most likely an early April fools joke.
Wouln't an April Fool's thing be posted on 1 April?
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 19:10
by I34z1k
LOL
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 19:14
by wizardofid
I say it's fake. if the mirrors are fixed it would mean the thing would only work at full capacity for a few minutes every day...
Nope it would not be fake do some research you will find that the mirrors on the ground reflect to a tower which in turns heats up some thing.
A field like that can easily be a Mile or more big all mirrors are then set for a common point as more heat is generated that way.
To put it simple the tower is the one recieving the reflection.The are fixed by can be adjusted if needed.
As for is it real.Yes it is.....
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 19:22
by Richard_
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 19:28
by Ike
wizardofid wrote:I say it's fake. if the mirrors are fixed it would mean the thing would only work at full capacity for a few minutes every day...
Nope it would not be fake do some research you will find that the mirrors on the ground reflect to a tower which in turns heats up some thing.
A field like that can easily be a Mile or more big all mirrors are then set for a common point as more heat is generated that way.
To put it simple the tower is the one recieving the reflection.The are fixed by can be adjusted if needed.
As for is it real.Yes it is.....
you just said in a paragraph what I said in one sentence. Yes it can work but not very efficiently.
There is an solar incinerator in the us, near las vegas btw. anyone care to google around for the link?
edit: @richard. Nice find... I stand corrected. but I still think the ubek one won't work well
Posted: 07 Apr 2008, 22:03
by hamin_aus
Why is this even relevant
A solar furnace - well I'll be! Harnessing the sun's energy... why aren't more people doing this...
A solar furnace, as previously stated, has to be pretty big to be at all effective, is about as technologically advanced as a big convex half-dome of glass can be. They had these before Christ, for his sake!
So what if the Uzbeks have this? We are a nuclear power.
Anyway, I have it on good authority that Uzbekistani's are a very nosey peoples with a bone in their brain. They also produce inferior potassium.
Posted: 09 Apr 2008, 18:09
by doo_much
Shot Richard!
You're obviously waay better at Google than I am.
@Jamin
The relevance is that us factory worker types have to save 10% power and we're being sold the idea of using solar power to run our zinc baths. Which is why this came up. Problem was that the pics are just TOO nice and that I couldn't find any other reference to the plant. Which Richard did. Saving my bacon in the process.
Posted: 09 Apr 2008, 21:03
by Anakha56
i thought it was fake, it looks like something from the CnC Tiberium universe from GDI...
Posted: 09 Apr 2008, 21:47
by zerubabel
jamin_za wrote:We are a nuclear power.
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 07:23
by UrBaN
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! ZERUBABEL THAT'S THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL DAY!!!!!!!
LMFAO!
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 07:33
by hamin_aus
zerubabel wrote:jamin_za wrote:We are a nuclear power.
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YA RLY, you simpleton.
We have 2 nuclear power plants - that alone should give you a clue.
We are also the only country to ever voluntarily dismantle our nuclear arsenal. Back in the bad 'ol days SA about 6 nuclear warheads statshed out in the Karroo - just in case.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/rsa/nuke/index.html
Moran
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 08:31
by Samaya
I read those articles on the nuclear capabilities, very interesting stuff.
The solar furnace could be true, IF they have other mirrors that focus on the big one (which I assume they do - look at the shadows on the big mirror). The one thing that I have to say though, those Uzbekistanis need to use better paint...
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 08:39
by Hman
jamin_za wrote:Moran
Crissy Moran?
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 09:47
by hamin_aus
No.
Youra Moran
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 11:15
by zerubabel
jamin_za wrote:zerubabel wrote:jamin_za wrote:We are a nuclear power.
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YA RLY, you simpleton.
We have 2 nuclear power plants - that alone should give you a clue.
We are also the only country to ever voluntarily dismantle our nuclear arsenal. Back in the bad 'ol days SA about 6 nuclear warheads statshed out in the Karroo - just in case.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/rsa/nuke/index.html
Moran
Nice article there, but it still doesn't solve the reality of ORLY
As the article stated, we dismantled our nuclear bombs soon before the ANC came into power, and we do not posess any nukeyoolar weapons anymore.
I didn't know we had nuclear power plants in the Cape (with the incompetence we have in SA, I sure as hell ain't returning to the Cape!!), but we still aren't a nuclear power. That would entail us posessing nuclear weapons.
To end off, I'd like to recommend you get a brain, moran
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 11:25
by hamin_aus
Are you baiting me, or does your
faggotry really know no bounds
Of course we are a nuclear power. We had nukes, and we can build them again. Hell, we still have all the parts of the dismantled warheads buried in the Karroo. The infrastructure to build more is still in place, all the closed manufacturing conversion and enrichment facilities are still there and can be brought out of mothballs. I'm sure Denel would be more than happy to help out.
http://cns.miis.edu/research/safrica/facil.htm
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 11:43
by zerubabel
"We had nukes back in the day, so we're a nuclear power today"
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 11:49
by hamin_aus
We have the capability, therefore we are a nuclear power
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762462.html
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 11:55
by zerubabel
No, you just proved my point.
If you use primary school reading skills, you can apply the main heading to each subsection...
Therefore, "Acknowledged Nuclear Weapons Capability", "Unacknowledged Nuclear Weapons Capability", countries that are "Seeking Nuclear Weapons Capability" and probably have it already, and last but not least those countries who have "
abandoned nuclear weapons capability".
Just cause South Africa is on the same website as America, doesn't make it a nuclear power. That website shows you that while South Africa was at one stage a nuclear power, it is not anymore
Key word here: Abandoned