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From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (The WITNESS)
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Subject: Re: Matter Transmission
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 21:13:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 14 21:13:40 1984
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>      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"]

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