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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



How about the Moon? :D


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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