Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncoast.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!cwruecmp!atvax!ncoast!bsa From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (The WITNESS) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Matter Transmission Message-ID: <254@ncoast.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 21:13:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ncoast.254 Posted: Tue Aug 14 21:13:40 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 03:29:17 EDT References: <12200@sri-arpa.UUCP> <42@ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: North Coast XENIX, Cleveland Lines: 20 > How about pursuing the idea that matter transmission/duplication is > possible, but very energy intensive. An obvious figure is the energy > content of the mass sent/copied, i.e. E=mc^2. The US electrical generating Actually, it would be even worse; I suspect E=mc^2 would be the IDEAL energy for it; production versions would be inefficient, perhaps greatly so. I would guess at 5%-20% efficiency in the very first one built. At E=mc^2 it would be excusable if we found the technique but lacked the energy to make it work... ["Beam me up, Scotty" -- "Aye, but ye've gained weight, we dinna come with the power to beam ye aboard, Captain"] --bsa -- Brandon Allbery: decvax!cwruecmp{!atvax}!bsa: R0176@CSUOHIO.BITNET ^ Note name change! 6504 Chestnut Road, Independence, OH 44131 <> (216) 524-1416 "The more they overthink the plumbin', the easier 'tis tae stop up the drain."