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[–] 95 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Tech bros will always choose the most overcomplicated option over the simplest, most effective ones.

Why build a battery and just install some more solar panels to charge it during the day when you could have a mirror in orbit beam down a tiny fraction of the light required to generate power anywhere near regular daytime capacity, for only a small portion of the night before the satellite is out of range, in only a small area, in a manner that can only work for one single client per satellite at a time, meaning it gets less cost effective at scale?

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    and all of this is localized entirely within your kitchen?

    May I see it?

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