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Re:Google’s lawyer accidentally made a sensitive document pu... by catlifeonmars on Sunday April 11, 2021 @08:48PM (#26775033)
There’s a reason we don’t use sunlight to sterilize surgical instruments.

Wait... Unless the sterilizer is solar powered, or used coal power, since coal is just compressed plant matter, which basically exists because of sunlight...

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Re:Google’s lawyer accidentally made a sensitive document pu... by Khaine on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:11AM (#26775994)
We basically do use sunlight. Medical instruments are sterilised with ultraviolet radiation, which is a component of sunlight.
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Re:Google’s lawyer accidentally made a sensitive document pu... by wpietri on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:54PM (#26781802)
Exactly. UV sterilizers are sunlight simulators. Per Wikipedia, without our atmosphere blocking a lot of the sun's UV, there'd be little or no life on land.
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Re:Google’s lawyer accidentally made a sensitive document pu... by GauntletWizard on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:09AM (#26775985)
You can say the same of Wind and Hydro, and even Oil and Natural Gas are just compressed plant matter to a larger degree. Only Nuclear is truly sun-neutral energy.
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