Or, just thinking outside the box here… charge cities for actual nighttime.
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024
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This has scam written all over it. Might as well throw in a monorail.
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Ah yes, let’s redirect sunlight ONTO the Earth instead of away from it. Global warming isn’t real, after all.
/s
James Bond Die Another Day ahh post
Because that won’t fuck with nocturnal animals at all….
Who cares about the environment! We have investors to grift! Money to be made!
It won't actually work. So yes, this is just a grift until funding dries up.
No way this doesn’t end poorly. I’m envisioning the SOL laser from Akira.
I imagined Mr Burns blocking out the sun, charging for sunlight.
Also I thought about who I would deliver middle of the night sunlight to, definitely not out of spite.