[ExI] Will Advanced Civilizations Ever Build Dyson Spheres?

[Anton Sherwood]

On 2024-11-01 13:36, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
 > Will Advanced Civilizations Build Habitable Planets or Dyson Spheres
 > Posted on November 1, 2024 by Brian Koberlein
 >
 > 
<https://www.universetoday.com/169127/will-advanced-civilizations-build-habitable-planets-or-dyson-spheres/>
 > Quote:
 > When you think about it, building a Dyson sphere is the cosmic endgame
 > of a capitalist dystopia.

Because capitalism invented demand for energy?

 > In the never-ending quest to capture and
 > consume every last bit of energy, your civilization rips worlds
 > asunder, moving heaven and earth to create an orbitally unstable,
 > unlivable engine.

Does this article assume a solid sphere?
That of course was not Dyson's idea.

 > If you can traverse light-years and transform planets,

that's a big if

 > why not just move Earth-like planets and moons into a star’s
 > habitable zone and have a nice cluster of comfy planets to live on?
 > [...] even our solar system has a dozen
 > water-rich moons that could be made habitable with a shift of their
 > orbits and a bit of terraforming. Since this would be much easier than
 > building a Dyson sphere, [...]

A Dyson sphere doesn't happen all at once, it is the limit of 
incrementally capturing more starlight.  Moving a big ice moon away from 
its primary would be less incremental and more risky.

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