Post-Nuclear Energy

>>8972402
Shitty energy density.

>>8972456
They probably said that about Uranium in the industrial revolution too though, when it wouldn't power their steam engines.

>>8972581
Difference being we can measure the energy density today, and it's something on the order of [math] 10^{-9} ~ \text { J m^{-3} } [/math] while Urainum has an energy density on the order of [math] 10^{9} ~ \text { MJ m^{-3} } [/math]. I don't see how we'd ever be able to extract a useful amount from the vacuum.

>>8972598
Ahh, thanks for the numbers. Makes sense. Shame though.

>>8972598
I bet there's a lot more empty space than there is uranium though.

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>>8972638

>>8972638
But still, it would require 10e9 m3 to get a single joule. That's a square with a side of 1km in length. Thinking about the amount of material that it would require to have access to quantum energy, means it would be almost a solid block with a very precise pattern, like a cubic fractal. It would never pay for itself.

>>8972667
Yeah, but say you could hypothetically harvest the quantum energy of say, a cubic light year. That'd be 9.4 x 10^12 joules of energy? I'm not exactly sure how one would go about doing that but it would be cool.

>>8972718
But then you'd need to fill a cubic light year with material

>>8972729
Why? Sorry, I'm just a layperson.

>>8972741
Not him, but Casimir plates need to be extremely close together. You'd have a cubic lightyear of metal plates.

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>>8972581
Dude uranium already heats up water, creating a fucking natural steam "engine"

Here's some sauce to lube that redpill up your ass

>>8972818
Jesus, what's wrong with you? It sounds like autism.