Channel: What If

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Description: Invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: masterworks.art/whatif Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. See important Masterworks disclosures: mw-art.co/37WwvbD Would a Sun-orbiting solar farm be a highly efficient way to power Earth, or would solar paneling the Sun be too much energy to handle? Let's see what would happen if we surrounded our Sun with solar panels. How would we get all that power back to Earth, and how would we build these solar panels? Transcript and sources: whatifshow.com/what-if-we-put-solar-panels-around-the-sun 00:00 Solar panels 02:01 Thank you, Masterworks! 03:27 Solar power potential 04:11 Making solar cells 06:19 Parker Solar Probe 06:46 Solar power stations Questions or concerns? Contact us at underknown.com/contact Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book Join this channel to get access to perks: youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join Check out our other channels: How to Survive: bit.ly/how-to-survive-show Aperture: bit.ly/aperture-show Crazy Creatures: bit.ly/crazy-creatures-show Your Body On: bit.ly/your-body-on-show Origins of Food: bit.ly/origins-of-food Versus: bit.ly/versus-show WTF Did I Just Watch: bit.ly/wtf-did-i-just-watch Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Earth The Cosmos: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Cosmos Technology: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Technology Your Body: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Body Humanity: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Humanity T-shirts and merch: bit.ly/whatifstore Suggest an episode: bit.ly/suggest-whatif Newsletter: bit.ly/whatif-newsletter What If elsewhere: Instagram: bit.ly/whatif-instagram Discord: discord.gg/WzkQPB3nea Twitter: bit.ly/whatif-twitter Facebook: bit.ly/facebook-whatif What If in Spanish: bit.ly/YT-Spanish-what-if What If in Mandarin: bit.ly/YT-Chinese-what-if Podcast: bit.ly/yt-what-if-show-podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: underknown.com Contact us at underknown.com/contact #WhatIf #SolarPanels #SolarPower