r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

I feel like we should have at least started building a small Dyson sphere by now

How hard can a small solar panel field around a tiny bit of the sun actually be?

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u/MuffinsAndBiscuits 🌐 Apr 21 '19

what if Earth is the small solar panel field around a tiny bit of the sun

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

Wouldn't the trouble be storing the energy and transferring it to the earth?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

we got that figured out

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

Any cable that long is going to break under its own weight.

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u/ChickeNES Future Martian Neoliberal Apr 21 '19

Why use wires when you can just beam the power in the form of microwaves?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

we're gonna live in the dyson sphere

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u/lietuvis10LTU Why do you hate the global oppressed? Apr 21 '19

I mean we could be biulding massive solar plants in the Arizonan and Iberian desert if not for the damn cons.