Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoNight time? What's that?hexbear.netimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up192file-text
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https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/earlier-this-year-a-california-startup-received-approval-to-launch-a-59-foot-mirror-into-orbit-two-years-later-the-demonstration-could-redirect-sunlight-onto-chosen-points-on-earth-allowing-crews-to-keep-working-after-dark/amp_articleshow/133377017.cms
minus-squarefahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoIn 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
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-23 days agoThere’s no way this is more efficient than pumped water storage or grid batteries or the other solutions we have for that.
minus-squareJohnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoYeah but tech startups in the US are just hype bubble grift anyway. It just has to sound theoretically possible.
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
There’s no way this is more efficient than pumped water storage or grid batteries or the other solutions we have for that.
Yeah but tech startups in the US are just hype bubble grift anyway. It just has to sound theoretically possible.