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Re:4.6B Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment by HappMacDonald on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:34AM (#44519421)
IIUC it's only half from the Sun's gravity well, the other half of that energy gradient is from the Moon's gravity well.

Also IIUC "energy from the sun" is really shorthand for "Energy emitted by solar fusion", which tidal would not involve.

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