How does the Black Hide colony avoid cooking this close to a star?

[Sentience]

 

[Amargosa]

He lives below the ground, as his name suggests.

 

[Sentience]

He lives below the ground, as his name suggests.

Sunlight is touching the buildings on the surface.

 

[Amargosa]

Sunlight is touching the buildings on the surface.

They're made from refractory metals.

 

[WR3ND]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=peltier+effect

Disclaimer: I'm a geek.

 

[Chaparral]

No man - its the onionhead. Totally the onionhead.

 

[WR3ND]

No man - its the onionhead. Totally the onionhead.

A means by any other name would still smell as effective. The truth in the pudding...

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Spoiler

[video=youtube_share;yQbhYAGRdMk]https://youtu.be/yQbhYAGRdMk[/video]

 

[Jukelo]

Conduction - the building is sitting on top of a planet-sized heat sink.

 

[Guyperson]

Seems like a wyrd thing to be concerned about when you can park a starship in that same star's corona indefinitely.

 

[WR3ND]

Power to make the differential. Power isn't something we're lacking in the lore.

Just pump and radiate the heat away.

 

[DaveB]

Superior engineering

 

[Deleted member 110222]

I mean pretty much everyone has paid him 500k.

He's rich.

 

[WR3ND]

I mean pretty much everyone has paid him 500k.

He's rich.

BBQing quality cuts can be a bit pricey, so fair play, I suppose.

 

[Vandaahl]

Maybe they don't and is it called black hide for a reason.