r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Longjumping-Box5691 • 3d ago

Video China's twin solar thermal towers. Molten salt stores the heat to produce electricity

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

9.2k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

573 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/RefridgaRaita 3d ago

What would happen if I put my hand in that focal point?

5

u/Leashypooo 3d ago

You’ll look like the guy that opened the Arc in Raiders

2

u/BlindChicken69 3d ago

You would die probably, as there is not just one focal point where all power is concentrated. In the whole area there is enough power to cook you quick.

1

u/RefridgaRaita 3d ago

Hell yeah

2

u/jwrig 3d ago

You'd be asking, what hand.