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It's not impossible that something like solving the cosmological constant problem could lead the way for harvesting zero point energy. If supersymmetry exists,
by merpnderp 5y ago
It's not impossible that something like solving the cosmological constant problem could lead the way for harvesting zero point energy. If supersymmetry exists, which is a big if, physics would become a whole lot more exciting.
This would make Dyson Spheres unnecessary for advancement on the Kardashev scale.
- T-A 5y ago> harvesting zero point energy Even if that were possible, it's only 6e-10 J/m^3 [1]. Want to keep a 10W LED light on? That's 10 J/s, so you need to extract all dark energy from 17e9 m^3 of space (roughly a cube with a side of 2.5 km) every second. [1] http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_10/notes41.html http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_10/notes41...
- dogma1138 5y agoIf you can get to an infinite / near infinite source of energy then why would you need to expand? You’ll be able to create all the matter your want. We can already create W bosons from photon collisions at particle accelerators on earth.