How much energy is contained in a cubic centimeter of pure vacuum?

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The discussion centers on the claim that one cubic centimeter of pure vacuum can condense into an immense amount of matter, specifically between 10^80 and 10^120 grams. This assertion is challenged with evidence indicating that a cubic centimeter of vacuum contains approximately 6e-16 joules of energy, which is insufficient to create even a gram of matter—falling short by about a factor of 10^23. The conversation also highlights that extracting energy from vacuum would require lowering its energy level, which is deemed impossible since vacuum is already at its lowest energy state, though not zero. The overall consensus refutes the original claim about the energy density of vacuum and its potential to generate significant mass.
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I was reading through energy devices and i want to know if this statement is true.

"Today we know that one cubic centimeter of pure vacuum contains enough energy to condense into 1080 – 10120 grams of matter!"
 
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the 10 is to the 80th
the other 10 is to the 120th power
 
Just an opinion...
To obtain energy from vacuum you have to lower the energy of the vacuum, which is impossible because the vacuum has the lowest possible energy...even if it is not 0...
So ?
 
No. See this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=19082 . There are probably about 6e-16 joules in a cubic centimeter of vacuum -- enough in a cubic meter to create maybe 3-4 atoms or so. Nowhere near a single gram, by around a factor of ~10^23
 

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