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Are you saying you think we have to completely deplete all resources in a stellar system to colonize the next? There is way more energy to harvest in a star sys
by zardo 10y ago
Are you saying you think we have to completely deplete all resources in a stellar system to colonize the next? There is way more energy to harvest in a star system than that.
- Natsu 10y agoIt can take more energy than it's worth to transport energy from one star to another. Entropy is a pain, because it's like we're trying to find a relatively dry tree to hide under in a rainstorm and none of them stay that way for long.
- smallnamespace 10y agoIf the cost of transporting mass and energy from one star system to another are sufficiently high, another problem is that only the people on the ship get a benefit, whereas everyone else is throwing away mass and energy for no conceivable personal benefit. It would take a very dictatorial sort of government to overcome this kind of negative incentive.