Seriously Man, more junk in orbit
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CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Meanwhile SpaceX spends billions launching thousands of satellites into space and wreck the environment just so people can doomscroll their slop. When all we need are governments building some basic infrastructure like fiber internet for a fraction of the money.
Bristlecone@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 days ago
and also help rig elections
Zetta@mander.xyz 5 days ago
I agree fiber is better but starlink isn’t bad for the environment, it’s bad for astronomy though sadly.
frizop@lemmy.world 5 days ago
starlink isn’t bad for the environment
Umm, yes it is.
science.org/…/burned-satellites-are-polluting-atm…
In 2023, Murphy and colleagues reported the first direct evidence of how satellite re-entries are changing the composition of the stratosphere, based on data from a NASA WB-57 aircraft that flew from Alaska to altitudes of 19 kilometers. Using an onboard laser mass spectrometer, they found tiny droplets of sulfuric acid containing 20 different elements that likely came from satellites and rockets, as they were present in ratios that matched those of spacecraft alloys. The amounts of lithium, aluminum, copper, and lead all exceeded the estimated contributions from meteors.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 5 days ago
Those satellites are designed for a 5 year lifespan before they deorbit and burn up all those metals in our atmosphere… it’s not great
Hope@lemmy.world 5 days ago
My prior city ran a survey on whether they should build out fiber to the homes around the city, since they were building their own fiber infrastructure anyway. Despite the city saying it would be cheaper and faster than the existing 0 or 1 options people had, my fellow residents cried communism and the city government scrapped the idea. Infuriating.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Americans are too stupid to vote in a lot of cases. why even hold a vote on something like this at all? just get it done. don’t bother asking permission from people who speak up without understanding the question
Justifier@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Look up easement abuse in the US on YouTube, Lehto’s Law or Institute for Justice
From rail, to cable providers, to city municipalities, easements in the US have been utilized maliciously to destroy and seize peoples properties
Why bother asking permission?
In the States, enough people have proven uncivilized enough and willing enough to face the consequences that come with utilizing tools easily and cheaply available at their disposal so that trespassers and even politicians think twice before sending people to mess with other people’s land without asking permission
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 5 days ago
“ran a survey”, this was the only clue I needed to realize that they never planned to do it in the first place. Surveys are so easy to manipulate that if someone tells you they made a decision based on a survey, that you can immediately assume that what they are really saying is that they made a decision that they knew would be unpopular, obviously biased, or otherwise disastrous, but they wanted to blame the decision on “other people”.
Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
“We’re too stupid to have better things,” cried Society.
Zorque@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Don’t worry, even if they welcomed it international telecom companies would sue to block it anyway.