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infectotoday at 2:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

Quick search shows the reason is nothing to do with your sarcasm.

Its origin is traced back to a 1929 company, Solar Aircraft Company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Turbines


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oasisbobtoday at 7:50 PM

How is this sarcasm? I had almost the exact same thought in earnest: A gas turbine company being called Solar Turbines is quite interesting and unexpected if you're not familiar with that particular corporate history.

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Kayoutoday at 3:08 PM

I agree with OP that the name, while maybe not deliberately, is really confusing in 2026. I thought that was a wind turbines or a solar panel technology, definitely not gas.

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