Conditional on humanity reaching Kardashev stage 2, what will be the primary source of energy when it does?
Conditional on humanity reaching Kardashev stage 2, what will be the primary source of energy when it does?
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Dyson swarm
3%
Dyson sphere
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Hawking radiation from microsingularities
10%
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I just estimated that there’s no material strong enough for a Dyson sphere at 1au around the sun. (500Gpa/(0.0058m/s^2*2.7g/ml) << 1 au) so you’d have to build it all the way out at >2.5AU Much easier to construct a close-up Dyson swarm and use 1000x less material.
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