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This is not just simple bullshit this is part of a greater Solar Radiation Modification effort and is highly likely to actually become a thing because we are going to block the sun we aren't going to stop using oil.
Whatever happened to the 12 Jasons? They used to stop things like this. I imagine they were disbanded by the regime.
A little Critical Thinking will tell you that this is either technically impossible, unbelievably expensive, or both. Probably both.
However, I encourage Sociopathic Oligarchs to dump as much of their money into it as possible.
Yeah, mirrors seem like a huge problem. Why not go with photovoltaics - a decades-old, proven technology, and just beam energy to a ground-based storage facility to be used later?
I know some amount will be lost in conversion and transmission, but you could still have underground facilities in cities providing extended daylight for good reasons, like to help people with seasonal affective disorder, or to grow crops out of season.
007 did it.
I'm trying to remember the name of the film.
Technically there were two.
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The Man With the Golden Gun (has sun laser; never seen used)
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Die Another Day (sun laser is used)
They both happen to be my all time favorite Bond movies because they are absurdly over the top.
I think man with the golden gun is the one I'm thinking of.
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
If we could actually do this, couldn’t we also send up large Sun ray blockers that would help us control global warming?
Reflect Orbit 2.0 Hacker Edition:
Move corporate HQ to Russia, place mirrors in orbit to block sunlight, then charge big $$$ to unblocked it. Profit.
This reminds me of the venetian shade idea. 'Trillions of dollars' hahaha okay let's see who wants to pitch in.