• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        3 days ago

        That doesn’t really make sense either. Not only does that light up the battlefield for both sides of the conflict, so there’s no advantage, but also most conflict is drones anyway and they operate just as well in both light and dark.

        I think this startup might be a bad idea.

    • fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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      3 days ago

      In the article it talks about how the main application would be to keep solar working at night, but I guess “keeps people working around the clock” generates more clicks thus the title

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        3 days ago

        There’s no way this is more efficient than pumped water storage or grid batteries or the other solutions we have for that.

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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        Instead of putting a solar panel in space, they’re going to put a mirror in space to reflect the sunlight to a solar panel on earth? That doesn’t pass the reasonable test.