▲ 396 ▼ Elon Musk Announces Plan to Control Climate by Surrounding Earth in Adjustable Satellites (futurism.com) submitted 9 months ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 199 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 25 points 9 months ago (3 children) That's not how weather works you moron. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago (1 child) More interestingly, if he truly announced that idea, he'd have to be admitting climate change is real in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 9 months ago He already has? Y'all seem to have forgotten he started as a liberal darling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] harmsy@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children) Technically, physics does allow a satellite-based method to deal with climate change. Economics, on the other hand, does not. You would need to chuck an unfathomable amount of mass into orbit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago* Yeah, that's why. He must have some weird misunderstanding to think it's actually doable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shane@feddit.nl 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Do you though? I mean, a satellite orbiting the sun between the earth and the sun could cast a large shadow, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago Not really. Case in point - the Moon. It's absolutely massive, like several orders of magnitude larger than any satellite we've ever launched, and when it happens to line up just right between the Earth and the Sun, the umbra is only like 150km wide. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago If the sun was a point light source that is accurate. It is not though. You would need an absolutely enormous sat to cast a shadow that would actually affect our weather. Plus you would also need a way to keep it in position as the solar radiation would push it out of position quickly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* That's... Not how shadows work... Or orbital mechanics... Or economics... His suggestion, impossible as it is at the current stage of human development, is slightly less impossible than this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (2 children) psst.. "climate"... and pray tell, which energy source do you think powers the atmosphere to exhibit weather or climate? Geothermal? Tidal? Nuclear isotope decay in the core? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) All of the above Pat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago Take away the Sun. You think what's left is gonna drive any weather of any kind? With that liquid oxygen sea on the surface... permalink fedilink source parent [–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Also, the sun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago (1 child) More interestingly, if he truly announced that idea, he'd have to be admitting climate change is real in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 9 months ago He already has? Y'all seem to have forgotten he started as a liberal darling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 9 months ago He already has? Y'all seem to have forgotten he started as a liberal darling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children) Technically, physics does allow a satellite-based method to deal with climate change. Economics, on the other hand, does not. You would need to chuck an unfathomable amount of mass into orbit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago* Yeah, that's why. He must have some weird misunderstanding to think it's actually doable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shane@feddit.nl 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Do you though? I mean, a satellite orbiting the sun between the earth and the sun could cast a large shadow, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago Not really. Case in point - the Moon. It's absolutely massive, like several orders of magnitude larger than any satellite we've ever launched, and when it happens to line up just right between the Earth and the Sun, the umbra is only like 150km wide. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago If the sun was a point light source that is accurate. It is not though. You would need an absolutely enormous sat to cast a shadow that would actually affect our weather. Plus you would also need a way to keep it in position as the solar radiation would push it out of position quickly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* That's... Not how shadows work... Or orbital mechanics... Or economics... His suggestion, impossible as it is at the current stage of human development, is slightly less impossible than this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago* Yeah, that's why. He must have some weird misunderstanding to think it's actually doable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shane@feddit.nl 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Do you though? I mean, a satellite orbiting the sun between the earth and the sun could cast a large shadow, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago Not really. Case in point - the Moon. It's absolutely massive, like several orders of magnitude larger than any satellite we've ever launched, and when it happens to line up just right between the Earth and the Sun, the umbra is only like 150km wide. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago If the sun was a point light source that is accurate. It is not though. You would need an absolutely enormous sat to cast a shadow that would actually affect our weather. Plus you would also need a way to keep it in position as the solar radiation would push it out of position quickly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* That's... Not how shadows work... Or orbital mechanics... Or economics... His suggestion, impossible as it is at the current stage of human development, is slightly less impossible than this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago Not really. Case in point - the Moon. It's absolutely massive, like several orders of magnitude larger than any satellite we've ever launched, and when it happens to line up just right between the Earth and the Sun, the umbra is only like 150km wide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago If the sun was a point light source that is accurate. It is not though. You would need an absolutely enormous sat to cast a shadow that would actually affect our weather. Plus you would also need a way to keep it in position as the solar radiation would push it out of position quickly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* That's... Not how shadows work... Or orbital mechanics... Or economics... His suggestion, impossible as it is at the current stage of human development, is slightly less impossible than this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (2 children) psst.. "climate"... and pray tell, which energy source do you think powers the atmosphere to exhibit weather or climate? Geothermal? Tidal? Nuclear isotope decay in the core? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) All of the above Pat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago Take away the Sun. You think what's left is gonna drive any weather of any kind? With that liquid oxygen sea on the surface... permalink fedilink source parent [–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago Also, the sun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) All of the above Pat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago Take away the Sun. You think what's left is gonna drive any weather of any kind? With that liquid oxygen sea on the surface... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago Take away the Sun. You think what's left is gonna drive any weather of any kind? With that liquid oxygen sea on the surface... permalink fedilink source parent