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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Because different wavelengths of light are refracted differently through lenses, and the Sun emits a wide spectrum of light.

We can and do use mirrors to do this. Those work fine.

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