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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by api on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:37PM (#37744771)
You could also put solar up along the edge and even on the hot side and have tons of energy with no need for storage. It’d be like a poor man’s Dyson sphere.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by standardly on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:53PM (#37744966)
Neat idea. Imagine getting solar/thermal energy from one half of the planet, and housing supercomputers and genetic databanks on the cold side, with population centers living in the temperate ring.

Or, the rich people could live in the temperate zone while the poor people choose between burning and freezing. Brb, writing a dystopian sci-fi.

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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by shagie on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @12:30AM (#37748011)
> Brb, writing a dystopian sci-fi.

Make sure to give Proxima by Baxter a read.

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