There are several reasons for distributing the LUMOBAGs in desert areas:

1. The solar radiation reaches the highest values ​​there, so the largest amount of energy can be reflected.

2. The use of agricultural land is not affected.

3. Due to the low biodiversity as well as the even distribution of species, the environmental impact can be minimized.

Desert areas consist mostly of stone or scree deserts, sandy deserts have a share of about 20% (Sahara). The LumoBag system is very flexible and can be used in all types of landscape. In all cases, a control and maintanance system is part of the concept to ensure the highest possible level of reflection. This will mainly be done by solar-powered automated cleaning systems, such as those already used in the maintenance of photovoltaic systems.

Aluminum has the best reflective properties over the entire spectral range required. Aluminum is readily available, durable and fully recyclable. Therefore, aluminum is the ideal material to permanently achieve a reflectance of more than 90%. Because thin layers are used, the Lumobag project requires only a small amount of aluminium per square meter of reflective surface.

Photovoltaic systems have a completely different function – they are used to produce electricity. About 20% of the irradiated energy is converted into electrical energy, the rest into low-temperature heat, which remains in the earth’s atmosphere. Therefore, they cannot be used to reflect solar radiation.

No, the Lumobag system does not remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, but compensates for their effect on the increase of the earth’s temperature. By laying one square meter of LumoBag reflective surface , the emission of at least one ton of CO2 can be offset – immediately. This buys time to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions without the temperature rise reaching catastrophic levels. Decarbonizing the world as quickly as possible is the most important measure in the fight against human-caused climate change.

The Lumobag project is arbitrarily scalable and completely reversible, which means that the reflective surface could also be quickly deconstructed if necessary.

There have been proposals to introduce various substances into atmosphere to reduce solar radiation. In the case of unexpected problems – such as damage to the ozone layer – these substances could not be removed.

Another crucial advantage is that the temperature-compensating effect of Lumobag starts immediately. This is particularly important as we only have a few years left before the 1.5°C limit is exceeded.

It must be stated that there are no comparable projects that could be implemented immediately. Only a rapid progress of the Lumobag project can ensure the limitation of the temperature increase.