Billionaire seem to have a… unscientific view of a sci fi future. Especially Musk, since he thinks he’s so transcendental, but apparently Bezos can’t help himself now either.
It doesn’t look like Star Trek.
It doesn’t look like a Cyberpunk movie.
I’d recommend diving into this for a more scientifically ‘thought out’ extrapolation: www.orionsarm.com
Interestingly, this is a neat idea waaay down the line. But not anytime in the near future, not until humanity is very, very different (assuming we survive that long).
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
This is stupid as hell. Fortunately the article covers the reasons why. Points to Tobias for proper journalism instead of just breathlessly repeating their slop.
markz@suppo.fi 1 day ago
I expected reurgitated marketing points, but then saw which site this is.
This idea is just so dumb.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
But they didn’t tell bozo, apparently.
On the other hand, using heat pumps, couldn’t heat panels be pumped to 1000+ °C, where infrared cooling is more effective?
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Sure, but engineering materials still start to break down at such high continuous service temps. And mechanical heat pumps become very impractical above 250C as things like compressors and phase change refrigerants also break down under extreme temperatures.
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Since when do billionaires listen to anybody other than the sycophants they surround themselves with?