• Godort@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    the fires they had were probably not hot enough to melt sand into glass without some additives.

    Instead, it’s a fine particulate that can be heated way hotter than water, and because the grains are small enough they will disperse over a large area causing burns to people in a large area below

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      7 days ago

      And it’s much easier and cleaner to keep around. Hard to store water in a bag, after all