Hi journalists! Before I start targeted emails to journalists I've talked to before, I'm just going to put this out here and see if it works:
Now that Reflect Orbital https://www.reflectorbital.com/ has officially filed to launch their first satellite, does anyone want to write an article about what a stupid, useless, potentially destructive and harmful idea this is? I would be happy to be interviewed about all the ways this is a very very bad idea and why I'm absolutely livid that they're launching.
@sundogplanets Yes, this is probably some evil plot for a billionaire to become even more rich at everyone's expense, but at the same time, the winter days in Portland are way too short and I would pay a significant amount of money to have a space mirror shoot extra sunlight at my house in January.
@mikemccaffrey @sundogplanets This is the first I’ve heard of this project although I have heard of the concept before.
I’m sure there are a lot of bad consequences and inappropriate uses of this technology; but I can see one potential benefit to fight climate change would be to be shine light down to solar panels in the Arctic in winter to replace the need for diesel generators, which are currently used.
@ADMP @mikemccaffrey Their mirrors provide 4 minutes of light that's about 4x the brightness of the full moon. That is NOT going to do anything to power solar panels and it makes me incredibly angry that they keep telling people it will.
@sundogplanets @ADMP @mikemccaffrey
Quite apart from which, the insanity of making laughably trifling attempts to geoengineer or "terraform" the Earth while simultaneously declining to stop DEterraforming it with both hands is hard to even state properly.
@pieist @sundogplanets @ADMP @mikemccaffrey maybe this is particularly awful because it only leaves our feet to do the terraforming
@pieist @sundogplanets @ADMP @mikemccaffrey THIS EXACTLY!