The Bangkok Post ran an unusual story today about a guy in Phetchaburi who has harnessed the power of the sun to cook chickens. He roasts whole chickens with sunlight reflected by an enormous wall of small mirrors.
Sila Sutharat found the inspiration for this brainwave from when, as a child, he would use a magnifying glass to harness the power of the sun’s light.
Unfortunately for K. Sila, he appears blissfully unaware of the damage that reflected UV rays can do to the skin. This guy roasts up to 50 chickens a morning with intensified UV rays. I guess it’s comparable to sticking your head in a microwave while heating something up.
To give you an idea of how intense this light is, he can roast an entire chicken in 10 minutes.
He has been awarded an honorary bachelor's degree in the field of production technology from the Phetchaburi Rajabhat University.
Let’s see how many bachelor’s degrees he is awarded when his arms fall off.
Well, I think he puts the chicken inside the focal point of the mirrors and stay away from it himself.
UV-rays follow the mirrors to that focal point and are not floating around. So I guess he doesn't "catch" more UV-rays then when walking outside in the sun without cap and t-shirt.
So… no problem I'd say.
From the picture, it looks like he exposes his arms to the light when he moves the chickens. He was wearing some gloves, although they don't cover his whole arms.
This reminds me of when my dad used to take me to business meetings during the school holidays when i was a kid. We would stop off at a petrol station, buy a couple of sausage rolls, cover them in tin-foil then wedge them somewhere within the car engine. After an hour they would be nice and hot.
Of course he could have just heated them up in the microwave provided by the petrol station but the point was it was kind of fun!
Okay, a bit of topic :)