Benno 
rob pikeRE: https://mastodon.social/@space_environmentalism/116750367443877061
Or just, you know, say No.
J. Peterson@robpike If they don't understand why, force them to watch @eevblog Do The Math and tear the concept to shreds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjyeI0ykGM
TL;DW the returned energy is milliwatts, not even enough to start the inverter for useful power.
EEVblog 1637: Solar Freakin' Space Mirrors! - Reflect Orbital DEBUNKED
The Doctor@robpike They know if they say no, they'll never hold office again.
C.S.StrowbridgeThis "sunlight as a service" is a plot point to the worst James Bond movie.
Richard Turner
XANTRONIX
VHG 🇪🇺🇩🇪@robpike yes. Just no.
J$@robpike I’ve been a vocal no on many things that still happened. Nuke proliferation. The destruction of society. Trickle-down fantasies. Mechahitler-powered “socials”. Viboslop, way before it wore that skin. The resurrection of nazism (there may be a pattern here). The Macchu Pichu fallacy. “Infinite growth” dogma. Many genocides, including the biggest one of all, the Anthropocene Extinction.
Saying no never stopped anything. “If we just didn’t” is by far less powerful than other mechanisms. Compulsive instant gratification, lazyness in many forms – intellectual, physicsl – and the dishonesty and lack of empathy they carry in win the day.
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)I quite like the approach of making them spend a lot of money to learn the blindingly obvious and then saying no.
dch 
