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> - definitive sink to send all of our nuclear waste (it would be the /dev/null of the Solar System) Now, black holes probably aren't known to be gateways to o
by Scapeghost 7y ago
> - definitive sink to send all of our nuclear waste (it would be the /dev/null of the Solar System)
Now, black holes probably aren't known to be gateways to other locations, but that comment made me wonder what if they are, and dumping our hazardous waste in them has far reaching consequences somewhere else, then that in turn made me think of what other cosmic-scale consequences of alien technology might be out there.
I mean, if a civilization has planet-spanning tech, their "waste products" could be on the scale of planets too. Somewhere, a species must be burning through solar systems like we're burning the Amazon.
- xurias 7y agoMight as well throw it into the sun if you have that much trash. Maybe they got around to building space elevators.
- Scapeghost 7y agoI don't mean just literal garbage, but more like side-effects of "exotic" technology that messes with the fabric of space and stuff like that. Like was it The Three Body Problem or some other story where an alien species’ faster-than-light travel tech causes the universe to expand faster and faster, making it harder and harder for younger species to produce enough energy for FTL.