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aetherspawn
on Nov 23, 2014
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Gravitricity
If we had a dyson sphere around something heavy then the crank part could be in space with the weight dangling into the atmosphere:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere
k__
on Nov 23, 2014
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How about the Moon? :D
aetherspawn
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Yeah, I thought about that, but there wouldn't be enough gravity and it might be a bit too far to beam the energy back.
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