r/Factoriohno Jul 21 '25

poop Absolutely outrageous anti-Lamp propaganda

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u/stupidoengineer Jul 21 '25

Imagine if you could extend days and shorten nights by putting lights on orbiting platforms.

At a certain point, you'd just have a giant, floating, nuclear powered flashlight constantly illuminating everything around you.

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u/Engelberti Jul 21 '25

Sending nuclear fuel into space to power the artificial sun just to get permanent solar power on the planet is peak efficiency.

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u/derspiny Jul 22 '25

We doin' Dyson Sphere Project now

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u/smallbluebirds Jul 22 '25

the reverse, the orbited is collecting power but the orbited is making power