why can’t we use lenses to focus solar rays and make electricity ore heat water more efficiently?

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why can’t we use lenses to focus solar rays and make electricity ore heat water more efficiently?

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You can focus sunlight for an efficient solar farm, ([concentrated solar power](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power)) but lenses are a bit inconvenient (at least on large scales) compared to mirrors so that why today we prefer mirrors for focusing light instead of lenses.

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