I assume that is exactly for one of the reasons they mentioned in the article: increasing costs for sms

There is a difference between mirror like reflection and diffuse reflection. Mirror reflection is what you get with metal roofs which beam the sun directly to a target resulting in one spot being blinded. Diffuse reflection will spread it around, resulting in more light all around which is what we can handle as humans.

The main opportunity of carbon capture technology is to power it with excess clean energy during periods of high renewable availability. If you power it with coal, that would be a bad idea in all cases.

What is this local ChatGPT alternative you are talking about?