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Clarketech (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Using Photons to Produce Electricity

A similar type of clocktec is the reactionless drive. This would be one avenue for producing such a thing, or close approximation. It also rearranges our thinking on mega structures a lot. You don't build big rotating sections because you have artificial gravity. Also allows way cheaper and safer space flight since ship moving at relativistic speeds might not have kinetic energy any more.

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