Re: Re: Technology: Inverted energy source..

From: g_luxmast (g_luxmast@loja.net)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 09:04:54 MST


So, imagine what couldn't we do with some grams of chain-fissioning
plutonium...

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>Título: Re: Technology: Inverted energy source..
>De: hal@finney.org
>Para: extropians@extropy.com
>Data: Sexta, 17 de março de 2000 às 13h 33m 06s +0000
>Responder para: extropians@extropy.com

>I want to mention one other illustration of the incredible energy
>potential of chemical fuels like gasoline.
>Imagine taking a car and accelerating it up to 70 miles per hour, and
>crashing it into a brick wall. More than a ton of metal crashing in a
>tremendous impact, bricks and car parts flying everywhere. It's a huge
>amount of energy being dissipated.
>Yet all that energy came from just a little bit of gasoline, probably
>no more than you could hold in your cupped hand. That small amount of
>gasoline contains enough energy to produce such an impressive display
>of destructive power.
>Chemical fuels may not look like much but if you think about what they
>can do it is really amazing.
>Hal
   

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