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In reply to the discussion: This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead [View all]
Marie Marie
(11,675 posts)25. There goes the circadian rhythms of most living things
We are already affected by too much artificial light. Oh well, throw it on the pile of our quest to destroy all that should be natural for the well being of us and the planet.
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This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead [View all]
highplainsdem
Yesterday
OP
Very bad Idea. Darkness is necessary to many plants, animals and yes even humans to survive and grow.
efhmc
Yesterday
#7
This has been proposed for many many years (maybe not proposed but speculated to in many Sci-Fi books.
SWBTATTReg
Yesterday
#2
No need to worry about animals (and plants) that need night to sleep, hunt, live.
erronis
Yesterday
#4
Oh, FFS! Plants', animals' health which we do rely on in obvious, and not obvious ways!
electric_blue68
Yesterday
#11
What will happen is they will spend millions over a few years. There will be a lot of planning and
Srkdqltr
Yesterday
#12
This "great idea" should be reviewed through the National Evironmental Policy Act (NEPA).
waterwatcher123
Yesterday
#13
Manly alpha men like in this administration have no concern about girly things like the environment
LymphocyteLover
16 hrs ago
#50
Probably - but they do it at their own peril (the planet does not care about ideology - it will survive without us).
waterwatcher123
8 hrs ago
#56
Manly alpha men like in this administration don't care about girly things like long-term consequences
LymphocyteLover
8 hrs ago
#57
Geostationary high-altitude balloons would be cheaper and more servicable. They're already in fairly wide use.
eppur_se_muova
Yesterday
#14
This is one of those "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should".
Snarkoleptic
Yesterday
#15
Unless they all shatter. The conceptual warning behind the movie Gravity is becoming a reality, and the universe cheers
Cheezoholic
Yesterday
#36
How disruptive is it when people get sent up to the Land of the Midnight Sun?
NBachers
Yesterday
#23
Republican bullshit.. If it makes $$$ in short term is all they care about, long term unimportant
WorseDayEver
Yesterday
#30
I have a dream of beaming microwaves from outer space onto Mar-A-Lago
struggle4progress
Yesterday
#34
Thinking back to when I lived in a very rurual, remote part of Montana and mercury-vapor yard lamps
Attilatheblond
Yesterday
#38
My only question is; "how much did this startup donate to Donnie Dipshit and Retrumplicans" and
maxrandb
17 hrs ago
#48