[HN Gopher] A Dyson Swarm Made of Solar Panels Would Make Earth ...
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       A Dyson Swarm Made of Solar Panels Would Make Earth Uninhabitable
        
       Author : nobody9999
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-03-22 21:37 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | nobody9999 wrote:
       | Underlying paper:
       | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092702482...
        
       | ZiiS wrote:
       | You don't want to make too many assumptions about where a
       | civilization that can construct things mesuring several AU and
       | harness yotawatts of power find habitable.
        
         | kristianp wrote:
         | My though was that if they can create a swarm like that, they
         | can also partially shade the earth to cool it. This would only
         | work in the partial scenario which has 3 degrees C warming. 140
         | degrees for capturing all of the suns output is huge.
        
           | ZiiS wrote:
           | Yes just move the Earth out a bit, or add a shade. Tbh it is
           | just as likly they are silicon based and don't give a monkeys
           | about 140 degrees.
        
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