Black hole can regard as most efficency mass-energy convecter?

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The discussion revolves around the concept of black holes as efficient mass-energy converters, particularly in relation to Hawking radiation and the hypothetical scenario of converting an apple into pure energy. The scope includes theoretical considerations and speculative applications of black hole physics.

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  • One participant suggests that throwing an apple into a black hole would result in its complete conversion into energy through Hawking radiation, proposing a novel method of energy conversion.
  • Another participant counters that the energy derived from Hawking radiation is not 'pure' and is essentially useless for practical applications, contrasting it with the usable energy from consuming an apple.
  • A third participant corrects a terminology error, noting that "convert" is the appropriate term rather than "convect."
  • A participant shares an article discussing the potential of black holes to power future starships, providing external references for further exploration of the topic.

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Participants express differing views on the practicality and usefulness of energy derived from black holes, indicating that multiple competing perspectives remain without a clear consensus.

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The discussion highlights limitations in understanding the practical applications of Hawking radiation and the assumptions underlying the proposed energy conversion method.

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Black hole can regard as most efficency mass-energy converter?

With black hole and hawking radiation's help, i come up with an idea to convert my apple completely into pure energy without another antimatter apple:biggrin:

I throw my apple into a black hole , eventually my apple will convert into hawking radiation—pure energy(particle and antiparticle will annihilate each other into photons).

The net result is my apple completely convert into pure energy!:-p
 
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The energy you get out of Hawking radiation is hardly 'pure' since it's pretty much as useless energy as you can find. For example, a human can easily use a fraction of the energy stored in an apple by eating it, but there's absolutely no way to build a machine which could utilize ANY energy stored in extremely cold thermal radiation.
 
And the correct word is "convert", not "convect".
 

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