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Building a Dyson sphere around our sun would require more energy and material than we have access to or are capable of harnessing. So while a nice idea, it is a
by andsoitis 1y ago
Building a Dyson sphere around our sun would require more energy and material than we have access to or are capable of harnessing. So while a nice idea, it is a dead-end in practical terms.
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]
- dekhn 1y agoit's just "let's build a space elevator" part 2.
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoRecommended viewing: can we space elevator? should we space elevator? by Angela Collier (disclaimer: law of headlines applies)
- southwindcg 1y agoShe has a great video about this post's very topic as well. https://youtu.be/fLzEX1TPBFM https://youtu.be/fLzEX1TPBFM Altman doesn't merely suggest building a Dyson sphere, which is already laughably beyond our capability, but a Dyson sphere around the solar system. It is so, so stupid. He might as well have suggested using wizard magic to power our data centers.
- DemocracyFTW2 1y ago> She has a great video about this post's very topic as well Yeah that's correct, but I got triggered by "space elevator".
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoTo solve that problem, we just have to build a Dyson sphere to harness the sun so we do have enough energy. The sun makes energy from mass so we have to reverse that process with an energy-to-mass factory. I don't see why that shouldn't work, it's just physics.