cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-212 days agoWould the creation and implementation of a bona fide Dyson sphere megastructure to capture energy more directly from a star ever be feasible or viable were it to succeed? Can the risk be underwritten?message-squaremessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareWould the creation and implementation of a bona fide Dyson sphere megastructure to capture energy more directly from a star ever be feasible or viable were it to succeed? Can the risk be underwritten?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-212 days agomessage-square38linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoBut you can’t do this to earth’s sun without causing catastrophic changes on earth, so you have to reach a different star before doing this. Blocking out even like 1% of the sun’s energy from reaching earth would likely wreak havoc on the earth
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 days agoPut the Dyson swarm at the orbit of the asteroid belt. Won’t block much in the way of light, but comets could become an issue.
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoWe’ll just keep a window open on that side of the Dyson sphere.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoWell, given that the earth only utilizes about 1 billionth of the sun’s energy, so I think we could have both with just a little effort.
But you can’t do this to earth’s sun without causing catastrophic changes on earth, so you have to reach a different star before doing this. Blocking out even like 1% of the sun’s energy from reaching earth would likely wreak havoc on the earth
Put the Dyson swarm at the orbit of the asteroid belt. Won’t block much in the way of light, but comets could become an issue.
We’ll just keep a window open on that side of the Dyson sphere.
Well, given that the earth only utilizes about 1 billionth of the sun’s energy, so I think we could have both with just a little effort.