This pretty much defines SHINEY!

[velvetpage]

Instead of putting houses in the desert around Las Vegas, why not put one or two of these?

Thanks chipuni for the link.

Comments

[ghostwes.livejournal.com]

Huh. That is very cool.

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Hey, wow! I know one of these was constructed back in the seventies in the US on a strictly research scale. IIRC it worked very well. I always wondered why these didn't get built on a large scale back then.

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

Why don't they put those in the desert around Vegas?

Because that would be sensible, now, wouldn't it?

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

But, in Vegas, would it be safe from attacks by giant robot Jockos (http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/41620594)?

[shadow-maze.livejournal.com]

I've read that one of the drawbacks to that whole mirror concept is maintenance. The sunniest places tend to be deserts full of sand and rocks. Every time you have a wind storm you can imagine the effect it has on all of those smooth shiny surfaces.