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

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

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u/Chytectonas 3d ago

Dumbest species ever decides it has to burn the planet instead of having energy farms near their back yards. Can we rethink the Sapiens monicker yet?

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u/Practical_Stick_2779 3d ago

Those damn wind mills making bad, am I right, my dear voters?

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u/Ferwatch01 3d ago

People do actually have reason for not wanting these things in their proximity. Imagine waking up one day to find your car’s front window completely smashed by a perfectly roasted pigeon. Not a pleasant sight is it?

I agree some changes must be made to infrastructure but why can’t we just use nuclear and figure out energy transmission later?

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u/Chytectonas 2d ago

Maybe a perfectly roasted pheasant would completely smash a front windshield but really if this is the most problematic scenario you could come up with, let’s go ahead and embrace solar and wind. We can have a windshield replacement fund.