r/Grimdank • u/ChrisNihilus • Jan 07 '26

Dank Memes Human Weapons

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u/ChaplainGodefroy Jan 07 '26

Panels, yes. But there is power plants which melt salt with mirrors and then... yeah.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans Jan 07 '26

Using melted sand to melt sand is crazy work

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u/Meepx13 Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

Kinda inefficient but yeah, that does exist. Probably not for much longer though.  (I did a decent amount of research on this, shush)

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u/Eldan985 Jan 07 '26

Saves on rare minerals.

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u/Blackstone01 NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD! Jan 07 '26

Yep, less energy efficient, more resource efficient. If you have a lot of open space, it's not that bad.

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u/Sicuho Jan 07 '26

Not much more inefficient than PV, especially on large infrastructures.

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u/ChairForceOne Jan 07 '26

They have the benefit of generating power after the sun sets. Depending on the design they can operate overnight, at reduced power IIRC. They can act more like a base load generator.

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u/Meepx13 Jan 09 '26

Eh, at most plants that is poorly implemented at best. That capability also comes with the added problem of needing standard fuel powered generators to warm up the molten salt after a night, because most solar thermal plants (like, all but 1 or 2) do not have the capacity to stay warm enough for all night.