Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 hours agoSix Flags has installed one of the largest solar carports in the US - 12.37-megawatt - the annual power use of both the amusement park and neighboring Hurricane Harbor Los Angeleselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down12
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkSix Flags has installed one of the largest solar carports in the US - 12.37-megawatt - the annual power use of both the amusement park and neighboring Hurricane Harbor Los Angeleselectrek.coChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoThey need solar on the lines to every rollercoaster. Including the one that kills people lol… Not lol. I rode the X2 and its fine. But people who are susceptible to high Gs should not ride it.
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoAs of today, “the one that kills people” can soberly be rejoined with “which one?”
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoBut then there’s this theoretical one : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI meant brain injury : https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/six-flags-x2-roller-coaster-linked-to-brain-damage/
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoOne of them died from the brain injury, so it counts.
They need solar on the lines to every rollercoaster. Including the one that kills people lol… Not lol. I rode the X2 and its fine. But people who are susceptible to high Gs should not ride it.
As of today, “the one that kills people” can soberly be rejoined with “which one?”
But then there’s this theoretical one :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
I meant brain injury :
https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/six-flags-x2-roller-coaster-linked-to-brain-damage/
One of them died from the brain injury, so it counts.