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AnotherDreamer1024 t1_jdwomix wrote

Reply to comment by swazal in Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers. by cad908

And like a Ring World, a Dyson Sphere is orbitably unstable. A solar flair or three and it's toast.

Not to mention, where are you going to get several Jupiters worth of construction material? All the mass in the solar system, excluding the sun and Jupiter, doesn't add up to another Jupiter.

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lezboyd t1_jdwwja8 wrote

Honestly, didn't read the article, it was a bit too long, but to further your argument, a Dyson sphere doesn't have to be a solid sphere encapsulating the star. One can theoretically put a swarm/lattice of 'dyson satellites' in orbit around the sun to achieve the same effect. What holds back the concept of a Dyson sphere as a valid energy source is not our satellite building tech or mining abilities, but that we don't yet know how to transmit this energy that's generated in Space onto Earth without frying it.

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LunaticBZ t1_jdx1lod wrote

Oh simple solution to not frying Earth with the energy.

Don't send it to Earth.

Most our industry and population will be living off world anyways.

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