I love it when people pretend to just now notice that the Pyramid is a perfect solar reflector, especially after years and years of advocating that it be turned into a giant bait shop. You know what would fix that, and several other problems at once? Covering the Pyramid in solar panels. I have been advocating this for years. It's totally clear of shade throughout the day, it's located right next to an MLGW substation, the slope of the walls is just about perfect to maximize light collection, and we have a solar panel manufacturer in Memphis. But no, instead of making Downtown more attractive both physically and economically by using the very thing that makes it very hot in the summer—the sun—to make energy to run all of the ACs downtown during the peak of the summer heat, let's give a whole bunch of money to Bass Pro.
Re: “Memphis Problem? It Really Is The Heat”
I love it when people pretend to just now notice that the Pyramid is a perfect solar reflector, especially after years and years of advocating that it be turned into a giant bait shop. You know what would fix that, and several other problems at once? Covering the Pyramid in solar panels. I have been advocating this for years. It's totally clear of shade throughout the day, it's located right next to an MLGW substation, the slope of the walls is just about perfect to maximize light collection, and we have a solar panel manufacturer in Memphis. But no, instead of making Downtown more attractive both physically and economically by using the very thing that makes it very hot in the summer—the sun—to make energy to run all of the ACs downtown during the peak of the summer heat, let's give a whole bunch of money to Bass Pro.