A Dyson swarm made of solar panels would make Earth uninhabitable, suggests study

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It is likely that an advanced civilization may require so much power to attach its host star to the solar energy collection satellites. These dyson herds will implicate the heat, so any planet within the shells is likely to experience an increase in temperature. A new paper examines this and concludes that a full dyson flock outside the Earth’s orbit will increase our temperature to 140 k.

The concept of a dyson flock is purely a fictional concept, a principle megastructure that consists of several satellites or houses, revolving a star to catch and exploit its energy production. Unlike the solid shell of the Dyson region, a herd represents an engineering challenge, allowing energy to be allowed to create incremental construction. The concept of the first popular concept by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, the most ambitious of astroinizing, represents one of the potentially achieved tricks that may eventually allow a civilization to use a significant fraction of the total energy production of its host star.

Whereas currently only theory and science fiction items, it has inspired real scientific research. This is an idea that presents a possible solution for giant energy needs as we take temporary steps towards traveling beyond our solar system. If we, or any advanced civilizations that can be out of there, will be classified as type II on the Kardashev scale. The scale is used to clarify the level of technological advancement of a civilization based on the amount of energy, which is capable of exploitation and use.

Dyson flock structures are likely to use photovoltaic techniques to convert steller radiation into usable energy. Their efficiency in energy conversion is highly dependent on the temperature of solar cells, and unlike the Earth-based counterparts, they should balance the thermal exchanges with the vast surface area of ​​the sun, external space and their structure. The temperature regulation of the structure is one of the challenges that must be removed, as it must remain cool for optimal operations.

This is not just the temperature of structures that cause problems, claiming Ian Marius Peters from Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nernberg for renewable energy. In a research paper, he examines the environmental changes of the planets within a herd or region. Research suggests whether such megastructure can be made using materials available in our solar system, while still preserving the habit of the Earth, balances the goal of the stellar energy capturing with the need to maintain the circumstances supporting life on our planet.

There are conclusions Published In the journal Solar energy materials and solar cells,

The conclusion of paper is that a dyson area around the Sun will greatly affect the Earth’s climate. Small shells posted inside the Earth’s orbit prove to be impractical, either very hot for their own efficiency or have a great impact on the solar energy that arrives on our planet. While large shells enable efficient energy conversion, they increase the temperature of the Earth to 140 K, making the Earth completely uninhabited.

A compromise may include making a partial structure (diason herd) on 2.13AU from the Sun. This will harvest 4% solar energy (15.6 yottawatts, or 15.6 million billion watts), while the Earth’s temperature will increase by increasing the current global warming trends to increase by 3K. It is still quite engineering available, however, 1.3 × 10 is required²³ Kilm of silicone.