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How would you tap an accretion disk? How would you tap relativistic jets?
by brador 5y ago
How would you tap an accretion disk? How would you tap relativistic jets?
- devoutsalsa 5y agoSolar panels?
- andai 5y agoHow about a big ol' waterwheel?
- Qub3d 5y agoKurtzgesagt made a video explaining some possibilities. In short, you can throw mass or radiation at a spinning black hole and "steal" rotational energy from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCdoCfw-bY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCdoCfw-bY
- chii 5y agoalso, you can use light, instead of matter. Termed the "halo drive", it's a very nice theoretical concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqL9CkNxXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqL9CkNxXw
- tanbog4 5y agoHeat water to produce steam, use steam to turn turbine. :P
- avereveard 5y agosteampunk had it right