As long as OIL remains king we will never advance in technology, OIL can't power next gen technology.
basic next gen technology needs nuclear fusion, OIL is 19th/20th century tech. we are SOO behind we want to use solar panels, bitch we can just make a solar panel satellite and put them close to the sun, we already have wireless charging.
@Mr_Mister putting a ball around the sun just seem like a waste of resources, i was thinking something smaller, transportable, if we can't make wireless charging, then at least space truckers can ass batteries like oil tankers. lol