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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 20:07:00 2021 No.12682680 View Reply Original Report

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>another thread sparked my interest
how do dyson sphere's work, is the inside solar panels? and how does this energy travel to the Earth?

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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 2021 20:20:41 No.12682720 Report

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>>12682680
The inside is solar panels or mirrors, probably both. There isn't much point in transmitting the energy back to earth as it makes more sense to use it locally in the spheres habitation or manufacturing modules but if you have to then using some kind of microwave or laser based transmission would be the pick.
For feeding earth with energy you would simply have solar panels on earth orbit (earth stops being relevant long before the shell starts to dim the stars light) or fusion.

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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 2021 20:46:08 No.12682808 Report

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>>12682680
Dyson spheres don't exist anon.

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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 2021 21:49:07 No.12683099 Report

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>is the inside solar panels?
individual units are sandwiches of solar panels on one side, computing hardware in the middle and radiators on the other side.
>how does this energy travel to the Earth?
there is no Earth anymore

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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 2021 22:35:27 No.12683441 Report

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The inside in unspecified. It would be like a solar panel in that it absorbs the radiation, but it has to absorb close to 100% and convert it to usable energy. Obviously no existing technology can do that. How it travels to earth is also unspecified.

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