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Dyson Spheres
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Isaac Arthur examines Dyson spheres and swarms, including common myths and misconceptions. He covers uses such as interstellar travel, black hole generation, and computing large enough to simulate universes.
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There's plenty. The vast majority of the 'shell' would be solar concentrators - basically aluminium foil or something like it. You can make a LOT of that by dismantling a few asteroids, never mind a planet or two. Isaac Arthur's youtube channel goes into this in some depth (and is generally excellent, IMO). Here's an episode on Dyson Spheres: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗As huge as 416 Earths sounds, this is actually paltry for what's possible for a Kardashev 2 level civilization: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗If you're going to be using artificial habitats to have more living space, 416 is a very small number. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗See [1] and [2] where the idea of hiding a Dyson sphere is covered in depth. It essentially means breaking the laws of thermodynamics, specifically entropy. Hit and object with light from a star and it heats up. It radiates away that heat in a predictable way. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
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