How Mirrors Could Solve our Energy Problem

Talk of solving the mess we're in tells me you're new to this problem and haven't understood the scope of the problem. The power structures which are behind maintaining the status quo run deep, very deep. They go to the root of the economic system and and are maintained in the minds of millions of individuals. There is no quick tech fix for the environmental crisis generated by capitalism, no tech fix for the exponential growth in consumption the system demands. Then there is the fact that the modern food production system is based entirely on fossil fuels. For every calorie consumed, 10 comes from fossil fuels and there is no alternative to produce on this scale, we're essentially eating oil, a non renewable energy source. Without the fossil fuel based agriculture we would feed perhaps 2 billion people, in most of the world people are already on the brink due to poverty caused by the inequality of capitalist production. There is no way out of the crises we're in. To get things right, we needed to start at least 150 years ago, climate tipping points are already being triggered, but more importantly, the momentum behind humanity's course is far too strong and it's all down hill from here.