Dyson sphere to harness the energy of stars!

A Dyson sphere is a structure that would enable us to collect energy directly from stars.
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[@iprobablyhaveapoint]

No one: This guy: *wants to creat biblically accurate angels*

[@andrewgaither3660]

Idk man I really like the idea of biblically accurate angels using stars to provide the energy that people use

[@sandycolours641]

@@andrewgaither3660 bringing biopunk to a whole new level i like it!

[@titynac]

I mean biblically accurate could just be a rewrite of "gods" (humans/alien species) came to "earth"(the planet we live on) gave us knowledge we could not yet understand and left only for us to lose it retell the tale and have it be rewritten for centuries for us to now believe in the all mighty creator when in reality it was just some of our own kinds trying to populate the galaxies 🤷🏻‍♂️ idk tho could be one almighty creator. You'd think even if both were true someone would come change something, someone would intervene.

[@unkle_jo]

I was discussed this type of thinking with my uncle like 15 years ago. What if, the so called heaven or hell, is actually an outer or exoplanet? Everything we knew as angel, or other celestial beings is actually advanced civilizations of “human” outside there? It’s kinda crazy when we think about it

[@Greg12839]

​@@unkle_jo what if stars are actually angels

[@Jesus-jq5zw]

"We know how to build it, we cant just figure out how to make it work" -Abradolf Lincler

[@BoofingPasta]

Lol what is that name? Abraham Lincoln and Adolf hitlers Frankenstein child?

[@grandmahurk]

Is that adolf hater and Abraham Lincoln mixed together

[@magvs_maestro216]

Abradolf Lincler 🥲🕊️ Never Forget

[@Neoentrophy]

It's not beyond our technology, it's beyond our economy and production capabilities at the moment. We have the technology, we just have other concerns right now

[@marcogiorgini8566]

What tech exactly do we have to transfer a huge amount of energy from sun's orbits to earth?

[@teddyzchannel3749]

You could use the energy harnessed to get back and transfer what’s left. Could that work???@@marcogiorgini8566

[@someordinarydude9147]

⁠​⁠@@marcogiorgini8566forget about that, what technology do we have to be able to construct this ultra complicated piece of technology around a live star 91.46 million miles/8.20 light minutes away?

[@nox9079]

@@someordinarydude9147no, I think the biggest problem here is how we transfer that energy from the sun to the Earth, Bluetooth?

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

True! We have other concerns at the moment, and indeed, it is not economically possible right now. But the whole concept may be possible in the future. Many technological advancements we perceive as normal now once looked crazy and impossible.

[@bradleymann5100]

This requires more resources than any one planet has.

[@Animelover-nt2zw]

That's why the technology for this and that won't be created any time soon unless some changes happen like world peace better education not brainwashing people bc If I remember correctly they gave kids this thing they would take and it would make the kid a little dumber and instead of making weapons like we do now all of the world needs to come together and fix the issues this planet has like global warming and the fact that there's thousands of pieces of broken things and debris that make it an issue to launch rockets and stuff then after that we can start terraforming planets and once we do that we can start harvesting planets and build this Dyson sphere

[@sandycolours641]

#asteroidmining

[@jarrensmith1060]

More resources than all the rocky planets combined can provide. If aliens would be hostile theres only 2 reasons mining and eliminating threats before they can eliminate you.

[@spacemushh2771]

#gotoaotherplanets

[@nightscarens]

More than our planet has....

[@AmericanRustWorker3369]

Nikola tesla had it all figured out but nooo the owner(s) of the power companies won’t allow that to ever happen

[@sandycolours641]

ik what you mean.... but also the dyson sphere had nothing to do with tesla. Inspired by the 1937 science fiction novel Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon, the physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson was the first to formalize the concept of what became known as the "Dyson sphere"

[@wayasho5284]

if youre thinking about the tesla coil, then please remember that it was HORRENDOUSLY innefficient and stupidly expensive. Wireless energy collection or transmission is i think about 60% less effecient than just using a traditional cable. Also this may not be true, but if you think nikola tesla figured out how to "harness" atmospheric energy, then keep in mind that his objective was to actually wirelessly transmit power, not collect power.

[@RabdoInternetGuy]

NASA Director holding the Remote Controller for output: "Power of the Sun in the Palm of my Hand"

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Not yet! but one day, we may get there! 😉

[@eloctherandom1214]

I like what they did with Doc Oc in no way home

[@brainypepper1621]

The main problem is that if we create a true Dyson sphere around our own sun, it would block a large portion of the sunlight that Earth needs.

[@benedettaerenjager6573]

Nice to see 1 out of 10.000 comments, that actually is clever. Dysonssphere only works if you not only cover the sun, you gotta cover the whole sun system but its very dangerous. Very very dangerous since the solar system is allways moving

[@WeWokeTheGiants]

Not you if you did it in a honeycomb pattern. Plus it'll solve global warming and supply unlimited energy.

[@ambassadorofbadtaste]

Bold of you to assume we would live in the Earth at that moment

[@mrug1386]

No because earth not even use 0.1% of sun energy

[@schwarzerritter5724]

If we could build a dyson squere, we could build it at the next star over.

[@danieldaugherty4200]

Things like this should be funded

[@m_t_t_]

We are indirectly by doing general space research and exploration

[@-_-Sophia-_-]

No, they shouldn't. We shouldn't have any government in the first place

[@Ahmed_Malrogi.750]

Even if we collect all the materials and money from the start of human civilization, it's still not enough

[@tieronehush]

This project is so colossal and expensive we are better off spending billions on research towards other methods, till the far future where this could be achieved. (I’m talking hundreds of years from now, to cover an entire star would take more resources than we could fathom)

[@Birdman._.]

Even the whole solar system wouldn't be enough for the resources

[@mikiegonzalez3068]

great idea except you gotta watch for flying debris that gets caught in the gravity pull of the star. Overall if there was a great way to repair/replace them or having a self repairing software and station for themselves that way they are like bees with honey.

[@joemarz2264]

No my friend. Any failure in the material would propagate through the whole structure... FAST. The result: Complete destruction of the Dyson sphere within a few hours.

[@sandycolours641]

@@joemarz2264 i disagree. that assumes that the swarm modules are all right next to each other. thats just another advantage of the dyson swarm

[@55Quirll]

A good idea, but the Ring World is an easier structure to build and maintain in a stable orbit.

[@zizzogamer1028]

bro, for the material just use a cobblesone generator

[@poximia]

The energy we would have is astounding

[@Oscar_TV_Playz]

We could use mercury to be base of operartions and build solar panels to launch to the sun

[@RawRoyalart]

That would need 100’s of thousands planets worth of resources and a place big enough to house those resources and then build it

[@moveitstime]

If we couldn't see that structure after sometime, it is not a good sign for us! 😂

[@soralese]

So is the energy Bluetooth or?? How would we get it back to us on earth?

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

lots of questions should be answered!🙂

[@tacolover105]

Lasers.

[@yashclydelldizon2306]

nasa celebrating until a solar storm appeard

[@diezeljames7910]

Makes more sense to harness a neutron or proton white dwarf a city sized star

[@ryancappo]

The solar winds would knock satellites out of orbit around the Sun. A ring would work out better, but is still way bigger than anything humans could build.

[@avomanceboylanp9768]

Im still with making a huge Dyson sphere then the swarm type, its just more cool

[@non-dualist]

Considering the size of earth, even if we gather all the materials required from earth and construct such thing, it would still be a pebble before our sun.

[@LewisBranden]

I love it they need to know these things

[@elijahrivera1870]

This would take over a millennia to construct, not to mention all of the setbacks like: flying debris, fuel, time etc….

[@justsean5774]

It makes sense to me but to surround an entire star wow

[@suhas775]

anything that close would melt , forget harnessing energy

[@johncane2304]

What about wireless cable that could get energy through it

[@ahmadsaadi2196]

The most realistic science project

[@Kerm_ST1]

Ok but how do we transport that energy back to earth? Am I missing something?

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

There are so many question on how to make such futuristic project work!

[@eigelgregossweisse9563]

Actually, Dyson Sphere's are doable and possible, but impractical for advanced civilizations. They would cover up a complete star, which would hinder certain trade routes, etc, lighting to guide travel. It would be easier now to siphon off using a spacecraft that particularly specialises in refueling energy from a star.

[@UrNeighboursDog]

My Question is always just, wouldn’t this kill the entire solar system? No Sun light escaping to warm planets

[@vasaaviarion]

there is a possibility that the solar winds would blow it up like a balloon and keep it from falling if it were incredibly thin, like mylar

[@jonathandemitus3420]

Collecting the energy makes sense but how is it then transported back to the home planet? Stored in batteries that then need to be collected from each individual satellite?

[@WSH3TM]

thats what i was thinking..

[@Roli-kh3ff]

I don't understand the science but they can beam a lot of energy back to earth from space already, if you actually want to research this google the MAPLE experiment.

[@KaylaSalasidis]

This is the true Dyson air wrap

[@TheREALSIXTY6]

This guy sounds like mitten squad.. rip bro..

[@nexusinc.4367]

Imagine having to go out and repair one of those

[@richardgozinya1435]

We cant do it to our sun either or we risk fucking up our own solar system.

[@naboolicious6283]

Don't you think that if you had the energy to mine and process the materials and build this insanely massive structure, that you already have all the energy you need and don't really need to harness the energy of a star?

[@jackmundy1645]

its about the amount of energy you can harness. can do astonishing things with that amount of energy.

[@alleyoop4465]

And then you have to buy a new friggen cable because it won't stay plugged in to you star any more.

[@adelamatuan8016]

Hacker: it's easy i block the satellele ☠️

[@BOTOND8357]

When they use a clip from Dyson Sphere Program: POG

[@Eric0225]

POG

[@darkdreadgod7596]

There are multiple problems we half to face before creating this 1st is the materials we need to make enough satellites to almost cover a star, 2nd we need to make the satellites resistant to the heat of the sun, 3rd we need to figure out how to link the energy output to the earths surface and how to save and distribute it, 4th figuring out how to operate all the satellites at once, 5th maintenence and replacement of broken parts and satellites

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

valid questions!

[@earthbeyond6647]

Imagine us Earthlings build a Dyson sphere and your an alien in our solar system, and you go to sleep with a normal sun but then you wake up with a Dyson sphere around it. LOL😂😂

[@agrandworld7599]

Or the other way around. What if fully autonomous probes from a distant alien civilization began building a Dyson sphere or swarm or around our own star? Scary to think about.

[@CounttlessYT]

As somebody from the human race, we would challenge this alien race with pure fear. Rather than attempting to join them as a colony, we would go straight to war. But we would not win.@@agrandworld7599

[@ahmdmjdy]

Are you kidding me xD This is not a hypothetical concept it's a dream that will never come true

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Once, flying was a dream.🙂

[@VishalYadav00003]

It will require a large mechanism, but if it is completed, we will be type 2 civilization

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

😅

[@dayman161172]

But how would you send the energy to the civilization? Either the have to pickup energy cells or the energy is transmitted home. Which takes alot of times because nothing can travel faster then the speed of light

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

and so many more questions!

[@kurtdewittphoto]

How would the energy be collected from the satellites?

[@PaperCheetah]

Imagine the amount of planets we would need for the resources to build that

[@petpeeve4657]

What about blocking the sunlight reducing our temperature, affecting our crops, etc?

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Good point!

[@kareemabduljabar9688]

Imagine the power cord for this thing

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

😄 I hope scientists come up with a method to transmit it, such as microwaves or lasers.

[@AirborneAnt]

Idk man, I think by the time we could surround a star like that…we should be able to produce a star…

[@marvel1101]

Huh the whole point is to harness it 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@AirborneAnt]

@@marvel1101 looks like that flew right over your head 🤣

[@marvel1101]

@@AirborneAnt stop it you know was dead serious with that question who u fooling 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣

[@voornaamachternaam6159]

I.e. we live in one. The 12 'bands' circling around the earth as the Zodiac. PKD called it the BIP.

[@arkkrogue3870]

Dude. Just get a solor panel.

[@alexpowers5117]

Dyson sphere dyson swarm what ever I want one

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

😄

[@johnbauman4005]

Is this the same narrator as the "It's Not What You Think," guy?

[@WSH3TM]

nobodys thinking about how to get the energy back to earth lol 😂😂

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Even though it is a highly theoretical concept, Dyson sphere could convert solar energy into a form that can be transmitted, such as microwaves or lasers.

[@NotaBetaMale]

But who the will transfer energy??

[@kamnyeimanlem8754]

That's new intelligent life

[@samdell3611]

I wonder when they can make it happen!!!

[@thedoomslayer3698]

Not for a long ass time we would have to become a type 2 civilization and we are not even a type 1 civilization, so maybe in a couple thousand years

[@spaceman667]

I AM already type 2

[@payn3y95]

The energy from the sun already supports an entire planet, even if we used the entirety of the earth we couldn't make something that massive

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

It's indeed a complex challenge with many technological hurdles to overcome, but as history has shown, innovative ideas often start as 'crazy' before becoming achievable goals!

[@laughingbrick4824]

How would you transfer this energy back to earth ?

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Even though it is highly theoretical concept, Dyson sphere could convert solar energy into a form that can be transmitted, such as microwaves or lasers.

[@drachdelcr4702]

Nahhh that’s an ophanim

[@HKspurs10]

Will we still need to harness the sun if we perfect cold cushion on earth?

[@LuigiCotocea]

Try - Dyson Sphere Program game 💀

[@kinleygyeltshen5553]

Here me out, what if we could create like what doc oc said: the sun in the Palm of my hand. Then we could create a dyson sphere for it since it is not big

[@christianbadillo4574]

There is an theory that if any alien species know how to make a Dyson sphere they would destroy earth in matter of minutes.

[@Rablax]

How to make a dyson sphere: Step 1 get materials: Drain the Earth's entire mineral reserves, create a rocket ship powerful enough to go to other planets, deplete it's mineral reserves, and create a a spaceship faster than the speed of light to reach asteroids and planets outside of the solar system, collect it's mineral reserves, return to your star after thousands upon thousands of years. Step 2: Build

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Seems like a plan 😄

[@moonchild3692]

I love space

[@timobrands6562]

Kurzgesagt said it’s easy🫣

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

I dont think they would say it is easy!!

[@timobrands6562]

@@YourDoseofCuriosity they litteraly did

[@bystandersarah]

So why can’t we just…🤔

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

😉

[@khahl23]

we need more satilights

[@dagoat2596]

isn't that gonna hinder sunlight?

[@demongoddessx3]

Heck even if we got the costs out of the way , used the best materials/tech available , figured out a layout that works & how to transfer that power here etc. There would still be an insane amount of issues we can’t account for or just don’t know how to deal with yet. Then just the technical stuff too , we’d need machines/tech capable of transferring , storing , extracting materials , then they also have to be able to build with extreme accuracy and be able to withstand the suns harsh conditions long term. Insanely cool stuff to think about but nearly impossible to accomplish large scale without being a space bound civilisation already.

[@jaygeetee3364]

If you have the energy to build one, you obviously don’t need one.

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

😂

[@mhd_swalih8328]

What’s the background music name?

[@yurihosniloayon6804]

The free wi fi .

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

😄

[@K.O-ANIMATIONS]

@@YourDoseofCuriosity BRO I think there a dyson sphere described in the bible I just realized... ok so in the bible a man saw a vision of God and also saw a giant "angel" that looked like 4 rings circling around a fire (may be a star) inside it and it took up the entire sky...

[@Voltaic_Fire]

A Dyson cloud then.

[@Dani22_]

how would we get down the energy from fhe dyson swarm to earth?

[@tacticslc4805]

I think in reality, sun power can only give energy to the satellite itself to stay on, it’s not that great but depends on how close you are to the start I guess

[@petrarasheed5325]

Nice idea!

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Thanks!

[@goku-mx5ew]

@@YourDoseofCuriosity hey wasn't that the dyson sphere shown in avengers infinity war when they were making strombreaker

[@Michael-xp5mw]

The Dyson sphere is now a vacuum cleaner! 🤣🤣🤣

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

:)

[@Lucia-sy7le]

😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣I have to say, I prefer the Oreck😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂Don't think the Aliens can beat the Oreck for its light weight, floor to rug facility, and low maintenance. LET'S CHALLENGE THEM TO TRY😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣😅

[@Michael-xp5mw]

@@Lucia-sy7le dude the Dyson sphere smashes aliens! It has a little white light in the front, reversed engineer from Roswell that sucks them up! Give them a taste of their own medicine!🤣👽

[@Lucia-sy7le]

@@Michael-xp5mw Michael, Michael, Michael, you have been watching far too many B movies from the 1940's and 1950's. The Aliens are not out to get us. They are friendlies. The are very interested in their early cousins and would like very much for us to overcome our difficulties. I dare to say that they live us. Additionally, I think that the Miele vacuum is a much better than the Oreck, Dyson or Hoover. May the God of your understanding bless you and watch over.

[@Lucia-sy7le]

Michael. I am not judging the engineers of the Dyson Sphere. On the contrary. On the contrary. I applaud their ingenuity. I'm just saying that in terms of making people happy, especially those who like a clean floor, our progress in the vacuum manufacturing industry is paramount.

[@Boro-San.]

I want plants

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

Dyson spheres are a ridiculous proposition. To build a sphere around even the smallest star would require all the planetary material from a hundred different solar systems, It would take thousands of years to construct, And, why bother, when the object is free perpetual energy, that will come from matter anti matter, fusion, Dark energy, or energy sources not yet dreamt of, But would certainly take less time to perfect than time taken to build a Sphere.

[@orindufw6262]

Ophanim?

[@hugtrihou8390]

Wait... Number 9 is that you ???

[@lil1179]

How are we going to get the power back here

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Even though it is highly theoretical concept, Dyson sphere could convert solar energy into a form that can be transmitted, such as microwaves or lasers.

[@onesciencedad]

What would happen if Musk's Starlink® satellite system was built up enough to lessen or stop another Carrington Event?

[@Drfoad82]

And how to chanel the energy?? Cable..?

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

Cable!?😁

[@tacolover105]

Lasers.

[@somethingidk788]

Imagine if we survive a couple more million years and manage to build these spheres and make them look exactly like biblically accurate angels👀 ...and then some aliens randomly pass by and see these monstrosities guarding a little blue planet and go *"nope...not angering the gods today, no sir!"*

[@bigcurt7820]

Ezekiel wheels. He saw a wheel inside a wheel

[@user-gy8is2cs8w]

La idea esta guay, el problema es que lo primero el sol es inmenso, lo segundo para hacer un trozito de la plataforma se tendria que usar toda la tierra, osea que es imposible. Otra cosa seria que creasemos algo capaz de aguantar la temperatura del solo y que sea capaz de orbitar el sol, y otra es que de que manera recogeriamos la energia que nos da, via Bluetooth?? Nose es muy complicado

[@somakills1178]

As multiple people have said, i don't think the issue is we don't have the tech to make such a thing. But rather we don't have ENOUGH materials on this planet alone to make a structure that fucking massive. Like, it would HAVE to be bigger than our sun. And where are we going to work on this at? Where would we put it together? Even if it was sitting in Mariana Trench, the sphere would STILL go into space and probably would end up passing our moon.

[@Radiationpoision]

Yeah but how will the power reach earth?

[@Zooom88]

surely there are other simpler ways to get limitless energy.

[@jeremy8481]

Ppl say the challenge is how we going to get it around the sun or maybe it’s too advance for us to do right now he guys have you guys even thought how we going to get the materials to make that shit💀 I’m pretty sure earth don’t got materials like that to have it orbit the sun 💀

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

It is a long shot!

[@Tbhidkwhoiam]

And how do u transfer the energy back to earth or wherever the hell we will be in a thousand years

[@nemomemeo]

if cover star with satellite how the hell we will get light on earth then 💀

[@jibrilherrcherofhorny4448]

Meter thick ? Millimeters thick you mean

[@bearvassar6690]

Guys why is it's design the machine from contact?. But the within is so vacant unless it will be a minni republic city.

[@flockofone9214]

Do it’s a big solar panel?

[@martymcclure3934]

You wouldn't have to do that you just get a lot smaller one orbit around the sun said gone all the way around it just order it and let it draw the energy from the Sun

[@SennaDzo]

Even if you can build it. How the hell are you going to channel that resource from the long long distance between sun and earth? Just make a hella huge ass solar panels lol.

[@YourDoseofCuriosity]

and many more questions!