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urmomaisjabbathehutt t1_iqok1ks wrote

Reply to comment by MetaLizard in The US's National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to make decentralized microgrids as simple to set up and operate as diesel generators, and has created a prototype that is much simpler than existing microgrid technology. by lughnasadh

A Dyson sphere is a sohere around the sun where the living surface is the internal wall of the sphere, there is no need for earth

the huge amount of liveable surface would allow more than trillions to live in a temperate environment and because its encasing the sun the whole energy output is available for harvesting

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Miyk t1_iqoobbq wrote

Don't forget the sunscreen

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narrill t1_iqp7zok wrote

There have been later fictional variants that had habitable elements, but the original description was just an energy collection device

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