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For anyone out there who might know:

To achieve a Type II civilization, is a Dyson Swarm currently the best theoretical approach or are there others that are more promising?

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I don't have an answer for you, but I have a reminder to all the would-be Dyson Sphere buffs out there:

Dyson Spheres are supposed to be built around a star, not around a planet!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

We're not even close to type I, anyway.

Yeah, I realize that. Type 2 seems more intriguing to me though. I wonder what sort of impact it would have on a solar system to harness most of the star's energy. Is there a sort of outer space ecosystem that it would disrupt?

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