
I Call This Enemy: The Sun (The Simpsons)
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A short Simpsons clip from Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 1 in which Mr. Burns declares the sun his enemy and plans to block it out.
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Quoted as a joke whenever sunshades, geoengineering or anti-solar policy come up.
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Friendly reminder that a private company with launch capability currently is massively increasing the space junk problem and about to trigger the Kessler scenario for a quick buck and internet access without cables, while at the same time ruining surface-based astronomy. So why stop there? And as always, the Simpsons have predicted it: [VIDEO]
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