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This looks like it's for real. Damn. I want to ride a dark energy bubble.

• orib 18y ago
  It's an interesting mind game. Don't expect it to be happening any time.. uh.. more or less ever. From the article: ...were able to estimate was the amount of energy necessary, if the technology was available ... about 10^45 joules How much is that? "That's about the amount of energy you'd get if you converted the entire mass of Jupiter into pure energy via E = mc^2," said Cleaver But even disregarding the energy needs, they don't know how they'd actually interact to produce the warping they'd need: "These calculations are based on some arbitrary advance in technology or some alien technology that would let us manipulate the extra dimension," On the other hand, it is an extremely interesting mind game, and who knows, there may even be some interesting consequences, at least in theoretical physics.
  • hugh 18y ago
    "That's about the amount of energy you'd get if you converted the entire mass of Jupiter into pure energy via E = mc^2," said Cleaver Or, to put it in terms (slightly) more easily visualised, that's the total amount of energy put out by all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy every 31 years.
    • nuclear_eclipse 18y ago
      And how many humans hand-cranking windmills for how many fortnights would that be?
      • hugh 18y ago
        Let me see. With a hand-crank you could get about 25 watts, so... given all six billion humans you could generate that much energy in... uhh, 5.2 * 10^27 fortnights. Any other units which might be clearer?
        • rkowalick 18y ago
          I prefer to measure power in poundal-furlongs per lunar year.
          • hugh 18y ago
            Oh, sorry. With a hand-crank you could get about 63.108 poundal-furlongs per lunar year, so... given all six billion humans you could generate that much energy in... uhh, 5.2 * 10^27 fortnights.