A Us Startup Plans to Deliver 'sunlight on Demand' After Dark. Can It Work?
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A US startup plans to launch satellites to reflect sunlight to the Earth's surface at night, sparking debate about the feasibility and desirability of 'sunlight on demand'; commenters discuss the technical and practical implications of such a system.
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firehose
2 months ago
Inevitable eventually?
more_corn
2 months ago
Every headline that ends in a question mark can be answered the same way.
JoeAltmaier
2 months ago
Sure it can work.
It'll all be a catastrophic ecological disaster.
So much of nature is triggered by the length of the day. It'll mean wholesale extinction of species in the affected areas.
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