Elon Musk: Harnessing just 1% of the Sun's energy would dwarf our civilization
XFreeze · x · 2026-09-27
Elon Musk quipped that "reaching even 1% of the Sun's energy would make a civilization vastly more powerful than us," reiterating a Kardashev-scale-style take on energy and civilizational power.
Related event: Musk says humanity uses less than a trillionth of the Sun's energy(2 posts)→
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