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

• curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨day⁩ ago

      Do they think the sun only shines on earth?

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