Giant Bond Villain Space Mirror Approved by Feds — The Climate Realism Show #208

Giant Bond Villain Space Mirror Approved by Feds — The Climate Realism Show #208

Author: The Heartland Institute July 17, 2026 Duration: 1:27:12

How many Bond villain schemes can climate alarmists come up with? Apparently one every month or so. The latest scheme to “save the planet” and help make solar installations viable at night is to put giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight down on earth during the night. And the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, amazingly, just gave that idea the go-ahead.

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