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FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Startup Says It'll Use Huge Space Mirror to Sell Sunlight During Nighttime

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Startup Says It'll Use Huge Space Mirror to Sell Sunlight During Nighttime

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FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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A unique startup claims it will soon let people buy spots of sunlight reflected with a giant satellite mirror.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19446697

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  • athairmor@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This has scam written all over it. Might as well throw in a monorail.

    • brianary@startrek.website
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      Literally the opposite of what Mr Burns did.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      I hear those things are awfully loud.

      • Odigo2020@lemmy.zip
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        It glides as softly as a cloud.

        • superkret@feddit.org
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          Is there a chance the track could bend?

          • ScrotusMaximus@lemm.ee
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            Not on your life, my Feddit friend.

            • Glytch@lemmy.world
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              What about us braindead slobs?

              • Odigo2020@lemmy.zip
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                You’ll be given cushy jobs!

  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    can I buy sunlight to point at someone I don’t like for say, a month? no reason.

    • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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      This. This I could get behind.

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    Because that won’t fuck with nocturnal animals at all….

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      Who cares about the environment! We have investors to grift! Money to be made!

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    In the demo, former SpaceX intern and startup cofounder Ben Nowack is shown using an app outside in the dark that seems to control the location of the company’s sunlight-reflecting mirrors. As he selects the spot where he stands, the area around him is suddenly illuminated as if by stadium lights.

    LMAO of course it’s a SpaceX intern’s idea.

  • Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world
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    No way this doesn’t end poorly. I’m envisioning the SOL laser from Akira.

    • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
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      I imagined Mr Burns blocking out the sun, charging for sunlight.

      Also I thought about who I would deliver middle of the night sunlight to, definitely not out of spite.

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    Ah yes, let’s redirect sunlight ONTO the Earth instead of away from it. Global warming isn’t real, after all.

    /s

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