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Originally Posted by freebeard
At our present stage of awareness the only way we can concieve is to completely surround the Sun.
There has to be a more subtle way.
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Without some specificity, with respect to how efficiently the energy is used, this scale would be quite dubious.
Devices using hydrocarbons to the tune of 3.5-Terawatts, if converted to electricity, could be satisfied with 1.0-TW.