Because if duty calls, I will answer.

    • Owl [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Oh, I wish.

      Unfortunately a lot of people on the left are still blind to just how many workers get killed by solar panels, since it's mostly routine maintenance workers getting fried or falling off a roof, and not spooky science accidents.

      • Samsara [he/him,he/him]
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        4 years ago

        large solar plants are on the ground. solar panels on roofs are just bougie libs pretending to be green.

            • cosecantphi [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              So an antenna picks up electromagnetic waves from a broadcast station, these radio waves are used to encode sound, and since they are photons they also carry a bit of energy. Transmitting power wirelessly would work like this except you'd use a higher frequency, probably microwave, and up the intensity significantly.

                • cosecantphi [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  I think the idea is that it's not a tight beam at all, but rather a very diffuse and spread out signal that reaches an "antenna" that is basically a wire mesh covering several square miles.

                    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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                      4 years ago

                      You can tighten the beam an make a poor man's orbital beam cannon if you want though. So that is fun.

                      • garbology [he/him]
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                        4 years ago

                        if you want

                        Yes, you are morally obligated to use this satellite to set the Gävle goat on fire each year.