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It is shown that the energy requirements for interstellar colonization exceed that for intraplanetary colonization by a factor of ten million or perhaps much more. This is offered as an argument against extensive interstellar colonization as a means of dealing with population expansion, and as a possible explanation of the Fermi paradox.
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Drake, F.D. (1985). A Comparative Analysis of Space Colonization Enterprises. In: Papagiannis, M.D. (eds) The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments. International Astronomical Union, vol 112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5462-5_57
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