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Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue (tech.yahoo.com)

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[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

But it's still solar panel system that produces a lot of electricity in a small area regardless of efficiency

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Yes but its very dirty solar energy because rockets are very dirty and the amount of energy to lift all those arrays into orbit is substantial.

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[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago

Unless we use an electromagnetic canon that's powered by renewables.

I know we have to tamper our growth in general starting with fossil fuel consumption

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