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Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn

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tooclose104@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

It’s the opposite of that plot. In that episode, Mr Burns blocks out the sun in order to force everyone to use more electricity to increase revenue for his nuclear power plant.

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curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
If the mirrors are reflecting light into a dark part of earth, they are taking it away from a place that’s experiencing daylight.

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- veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  How? I would think the reflector would have to be near tangential to the area it lit up
  
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  - curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Oh shit you’re right. I’m more lucid that I was when I wrote that and see how dumb it sounds.
    
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  - M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Do they think the sun only shines on earth?
    
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