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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Bro, do you even diverge?

I'll leave a relevant xkcd here https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Of course this will benefit the whole planet...

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It would be a lot cheaper and easier to just stop burning fossil fuels. We could just take the money for this and invest in renewables.

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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

i wonder how easy it would be to build something that can reach the orbit and collide with the damn thing to deorbit it, if this nightmare ever becomes reality

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Damn, that's the timeline where the world got destroyed by a giant laser beam. Well, have a good time, I need to go.

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

What?! Nooo we thought that was a fucking joke wtf????

[–] rotkehle@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

space lasers starting wildfires again? /s

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yah, I can't see anything that could go wrong with this. /s

[–] DasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Emphasis on I can't see anything

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If only we had these things called electric lights.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

I live in the city man, I'm not going to notice shit.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

One. Which is a venture grift anyway. They know they can't approve space mirrors.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

unrelated question. if you focus thousands of medium or low wattage lasers to a single point, will their wattage combine to equal that of a high powered laser?

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Lol, this is sure to flop in spectacular fashion 🤣

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