realized belatedly I was thinking of 10^18 Wh/yr here

Blowing through Kardashev I is also a valid goal, but one thing at a time
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RT @meanderingexile
feeling this more and more

we need: 10^18 watts of zero-carbon energy (probably fission and space-based solar) and carbon capture on the teratonne scale (probably sinking kelp in the ocean)

that's it, that's the game

almost everything else is irrelevant https://twitter.com/gar…
https://twitter.com/meanderingexile/status/1470717488518160386