I think it's an oblique reference toward the fact that the sun is the source of nearly all available energy on earth.
burglars typically get the fuck out if they learn someone is home, if they stick around after a warning they're far more likely to be dangerous.
societies collapse after the marginal return on investment in societal complexity goes negative. not necessarily immediately after, there's usually some desatbilizing incident that catalyzes the process once that point has been reached.
I recommend The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter
I will bet $200 that helion is not the first net positive fusion reactor. I will bet a further $200 that the first such reactor is in China. That said, talk is cheap and I doubt many here would take that bet against me.
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