>>14228450>star lifting>As a star's mass is reduced by star lifting its rate of nuclear fusion will decrease, reducing the amount of energy available to the star lifting process but also reducing the gravity that needs to be overcome. >Theoretically, it would be possible to remove an arbitrarily large portion of a star's total mass given sufficient time. >In this manner a civilization could control the rate at which its star uses fuel, optimizing the star's power output and lifespan to its needs. >The hydrogen and helium extracted in the process could also be used as fusion reactor fuel.>Alternatively, the material could be assembled into additional smaller stars, to improve the efficiency of its use. >Theoretically all the energy of the matter lifted from a star could be harvested if it is made into small black holes, via the mechanism of Hawking radiation. every idea has already been come up with