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| Jan 9, 2020 at 20:12 | comment | added | John O | This isn't a new energy technology so much as it is an exercise in logistics challenges for mid-level deities. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | Josh Eller | For a well-fleshed-out example of this, check out Peter Hamilton's Salvation series! In that universe, portals are cheap and common. The energy needs of humanity are met by dropping portals into stars, and directing the flow of plasma into hollowed out asteroids filled with energy collectors. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 5:42 | comment | added | Hatoru Hansou | @nick012000, thanks. I totally missed that one. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 2:47 | comment | added | nick012000 | @HatoruHansou "they don't mention negative energy or how they mine/produce antimatter" IIRC, in Star Trek, they use "dilithium crystals" to convert ordinary matter into antimatter. | |
| Jan 1, 2020 at 22:20 | comment | added | Hatoru Hansou | Probably the best we can do in real life. But: while megastructures around stars solves energy scarcity, some kind of technological solution is still required to have things like warp engines (WE). Stark Trek tells us that antimatter is all you need to have WE (they don't mention negative energy or how they mine/produce antimatter). Have a star as your power plant doesn't guarantee that your civ knows how to concentrate it to make the magic happens. At that point is when we throw in some fantasy at our Worldbuilding. | |
| Jan 1, 2020 at 20:04 | history | answered | Willk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |