I just imagine the first places that put in in-door lightnig like "here now you can work later in the day" now they will be like "Oh look you can work 24/7 now it's never dark anymore".
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We can already do that. Even outdoors, you put up sports field type lighting.
this startup's CEO and finding members should be trialed for crimes against humanity
Don’t worry they’ll get bought up by starlink or Palintir.
Scientists: One desperate plan we are considering to combat climate change is a series of gigantic mirrors to deflect sunlight away from the planet.
These assholes: OK, but what if, like, the opposite of that?
See my vest! See my vest! It's authentic gorilla chest!
"We also plan on patenting atmospheric air and granting reasonably priced usage licenses for limited daily volumes to every man, woman and child on the planet. It'll be great!"
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Why are all the experts going on about the fact you might blind pilots but not talking about the fact that it won't actually do anything.
It would have to be an astonishingly vast megastructure for it to have any effect at all. If we were talking about a structure 100 km across or more they might actually have some sort of point.
Cut to: man watching in shock as his "mirror satellite" burns people like ants under a magnifier
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Very useful on the off chance that vampires are real. Otherwise.... Less so.
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We had a solution for this MOONTOWERS
they'll start by selling sunlight at night, but we know that it'll end up being that we have to either pay to have sunlight in the daytime OR pay to not have sunlight at night.
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Oh, I think it's a wonderful plan for the startup. They don't own space, they don't have any control over space, they're selling something that they know they can't possibly deliver because they would have to get people to agree that they're allowed to steal sunlight and space, and that would never happen. It's great for them. They can get some cash.
Also, what's international law like, in space? What consequences would be if you just shot down one of their satellites? (I say this with zero knowledge of how practical this even is)
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I think there’s a couple of Bond villains with similar setups. Not sure how I feel about that, but felt it was worth mentioning.
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I won’t lie, the idea of sunlight on demand sounds interesting… but then capitalism ruins it before the environmentalists even had a chance. (not trying to downplay environmental science here, just being cheeky)
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Its also just fucking stupid.
You have two options:
One build an insanely, comically expensive series of mirrors to move solar energy to solar panels so you can power them at night...
OR...
Install twice as many solar panels on the ground. OR the same amount and battery storage, or any combination thereof.
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Oh fuck we're in a Futurama episode.
Throw these guys in a volcano. Add the billionaires and tech capitalists while at it.
simpsons did it!