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Tidal Energy Is Not Renewable (cs.stanford.edu)
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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago

Everything is renewable up to a certain scale. Harvesting Sun energy directly using Dyson sphere? Well, tough luck, Sun's gonna burn out one day. Harvesting other stars? Well, tough luck, heat death is coming.