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		wcoenen on Nov 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Clear snow the laziest way Sounds like you're thinking of a heliostat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliostat There's a Dutch company selling such things to get more sunlight in your house: https://www.heliostaat.nl/

karmakaze on Nov 18, 2022 [–]

I'm not as foolish as I was trying to sound.

> Practical Solar’s[0] web site states that residential customers also use their heliostats for direct space heating, drying mold, melting ice dams on roofs, and melting snow.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Solar

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