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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can’t be good for our global warming problem, amirite?

[–] iceonfire1@feddit.nl 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol ironic isn't it, considering easy access to fusion power would basically solve the climate crisis.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you had a bunch of fusion plants running AC units could you reverse global warming?

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ignoring actual practicality.... I guess you could run a heat exchanger and dump all the energy into a tiny object then shoot it into space

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

If you do it in a direction to increase Earth's orbiting speed it would move us farther away from the sun too.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

Not the timezones!