Re: Lame CEV windows

In article <1130444488.992488.207810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<hasss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Yeah, good points, although why use glass? stuff like polycarbonate or
>trivex is much stronger and ligher.

They don't handle heat very well, alas, and at least some of them don't
age well in an ultraviolet-rich environment.
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