hydro033

joined 1 year ago
[–] hydro033@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

ELI5 - why do satellites need to be bright? Do they have some kind of lights? Can't they just be dark and beam internet around?

[–] hydro033@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea, but the northeast, especially major cities like NYC, Boston, and Philly, does have better public transit than a lot of the US. I know it still sucks overall (and don't get me going about the costs), but a lot of the infrastructure was built during the car boom. People do like cars, and they make sense for most of America given how much sprawl we have.

[–] hydro033@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Reddit became horrible once everyone got on it.

[–] hydro033@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yea, that only works for cities. America will still need tons of cars for everywhere that isn't a city. It's a very low density country, all things considered.