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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An yes weather control satalites. Has he been reading too many comspiracies?

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Watched the None like it Hot episode of Futurama and liked Wernstrom's idea.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Ooohhh, more lies out of the mouth of Elon? You don't say!

Well if his Mars target dates are anything to go by (2018 first feet on Mars, right? And where are we with that now? Maybe but not even 1%) then this project would be completed by the year 2489

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It wasn't enough to help ruin the US, now he wants to fuck up the entire world.

[–] Ransack3@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Someone must have told him about the really cool documentary they saw called Geostorm, Narrated by Gerard Butler.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fuck it. Let's just make a Dyson sphere. If you can already circle the planet with enough satellites to cool it while letting plants still grow you're well on your way

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The sun is a bit bigger than the earth. Dyson sphere goes around the star, not the planet.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

“A large solar-powered AI satellite constellation would be able to prevent global warming by making tiny adjustments in how much solar energy reached Earth,” Musk tweeted, apropos of seemingly nothing.

“It would only take tiny adjustments to prevent global warming or global cooling for that matter,” he added. “Earth has been a snowball many times in the past.”

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ah... Souls in the Great Machine... A good book, but a terrible guide for humanity's development.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Huh. Doomsday weather device is on my BINGO card.

[–] Enzyoo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Next up: mining the moon

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 10 months ago

if einstein was still allive like in ra2, he wouldve created the weather machine.

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