The only problem being you shouldn’t look directly at it…
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eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Don’t we try this every few decades and realize it’s not as great as it seems? There’s one of these in the American Southwest that wasn’t worth the trouble to operate.
In terms of badass things to build your civilisation around, though, every single bit of me wants to live in a city constructed around one of these bad boys.
Hell yeah I’ll get in a parade to worship one of those things, they’re insanely fucking cool.
Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Can’t look directly at the sun either, people worship the sun…
Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well yeah, just pointing out a slight QOL issue. There’s good reasons why we tend not to build light sources as bright as the sun.
Venat0r@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think it was worth the trouble until photovoltaic panels got really cheap…