If our sun wasn’t here, would there be a star strong enough for our needs?

Question: If our sun wasn't here, would there be a star strong enough for our needs?
- Keywords:
  energy,
  solar system,
  space
Asked by mw to Claire, Liad, Ruth, Ryan, Mako on 13 Jun 2015.
- Ryan Cheale answered on 13 Jun 2015:
  
  Our star (the sun) is tiny compared to some of the giants out there!
  
  We classify a star mass by comparing it to our stars mass. So our star is 1 solar mass, and stars range from 0.1 solar masses (just) to about 146 solar masses. Bigger the star – more heat depending on where it is in it’s life cycle!
  
  So a definite yes to that.
  
  Interestingly if you replaced our sun with a blackhole of equal gravitational strength we would still orbit it like it had never changed.. it would just be colder and darker!
  
  Jupiter wasn’t far off being a star either, albeit it would of been a small one and not strong enough for our needs at all.

Question: If our sun wasn't here, would there be a star strong enough for our needs?