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This is based on waste heat, for anyone that didn't read the article. Our current problem is actually a different, more avoidable one.
The study also assumes they just keep growing and can't decide to stop. You may or may not find that reasonable.
Isn't this a major plot point in Larry Niven's Ringworld in 1970?
it involves the Pierson's Puppeteers