Those who keep complaining that wind turbines do not work when the winds are not blowing, just realized that oil does not work when the Hormuz Strait is not open.

@randahl if only we had ways to produce energy that don't rely on oil.

If only...

@tootbrute @randahl

That's just crazy. Why, you would need some sort of super fusion reactor safely placed about 90 million miles away for that.

Oh.

@pseudonym @tootbrute @randahl No, no, that wouldn't work. You'd have to do wireless power transmission. You'd only get a tiny, tiny fraction of the produced power. Completely impractical.

@sharif @pseudonym @tootbrute @randahl

What if … we gave eleventy bazillion dollars to Elon, to launch 42 million X-link satellites to completely enclose the reactor and capture all the radiated energy ? 🤔

@isol @pseudonym @tootbrute @randahl Sounds like a roll of the dice, unless they're AI-controlled.