Covering the earth’s surface with solar panels kind of feels like creating an inverse Dyson sphere
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Though admittedly the amount of energy capture is almost non-existent in comparison. “We can’t reach you, Sun, so let us capture the crumbs of crumbs of crumbs of your table scraps!”
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But, hey, still more than enough for what our species currently needs!
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Or a Dyson speck
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Getting solar power from space seems kinda obvious 🙃
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I have an absolute binding commitment from Alex to start a space-based solar power company if he can raise a $20M seed round.
Any takers? twitter.com/AlexLavin_C137…
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I wonder what the constraint analysis looks for that, e.g. back of the envelope costs at each stage, losses, cost of shipping everything up to space, so pointing to where the key innovations should be made
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Or just the idea that global warming can largely be solved by installing multitudes of heat sinks
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I’ve read that solar panels heat up the ground around them too much. I’d say itd be better to put those solar panels on the #tothemoon and make an umbilical cord from the moon to earth