• AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    93
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    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?