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  • 01 Physics · August 2026 · 21 min

    The Sun Does Not Send Us Energy

    Earth radiates back almost exactly what it receives. Nothing accumulates. So whatever the sun is supplying that makes life, weather and civilisation possible, it is not energy—and once you see what it actually is, the questions about data, computation and where all this is heading acquire real numbers and stop being metaphors.

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