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U.S. Startup Plans to Beam Sunlight Using Space Mirrors | Better HN
U.S. Startup Plans to Beam Sunlight Using Space Mirrors
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herodotus
6mo ago
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herodotus
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6mo ago
Could this be the worst startup idea ever? Light pollution is bad at least for human health, animal behaviour and insect survival.
dlcarrier
6mo ago
That was one of my favorite powerplants in SimCity 2000, except it converted the sunlight into microwave radiation, before beaming it down. One of the disasters that SimCity 2000 included was that the beam would miss and destroy nearby buildings.
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