Comment Comment by tivert >> sunlight takes about 30,000 years to work its way out from the centre to the surface of the Sun> What? Why?I had the same question, and it looks like there's lots of variation with the number. For instance, this website (https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/sun-space-weather/insid...) says it takes "millions of years."Also, has anyone though of how mind-numbingly wasteful solar fusion is? All that energy, and only a tiny fraction makes it to Earth with the rest getting dumped wastefully into space. Seems like an area that's ripe for disruption by a startup. parent tivert 2 years ago
> What? Why?
I had the same question, and it looks like there's lots of variation with the number. For instance, this website (https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/sun-space-weather/insid...) says it takes "millions of years."
Also, has anyone though of how mind-numbingly wasteful solar fusion is? All that energy, and only a tiny fraction makes it to Earth with the rest getting dumped wastefully into space. Seems like an area that's ripe for disruption by a startup.