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Title: Interesting Article
Post by: justme19 on May 07, 2011, 07:06:24 AM
Hi all, I had no idea were to post this, so a mod feel free to move it.
But a friend sent me this link, not that I no much about any of this science stuff, but this kind of makes me worried when I read the article right through.
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/04/new-laser-will.php (http://dvice.com/archives/2011/04/new-laser-will.php)

Thoughts??
Title: Re: Interesting Article
Post by: Oinoss on May 07, 2011, 07:40:22 AM
"Kids! The world is gonna end so I packed you a bag-lunch and a trip to Andromeda! Send postcards!" *makes kissy noises as world is being ripped apart*
Title: Re: Interesting Article
Post by: spacial on May 07, 2011, 10:50:27 AM
Nice one!
Title: Re: Interesting Article
Post by: Oinoss on May 08, 2011, 01:03:03 AM
Just hope they share the energy! The possiblities of this energy is endless, we could even power a matter converter!
Title: Re: Interesting Article
Post by: Renate on May 08, 2011, 12:10:25 PM
As somebody in the comments (correctly) did the math:

200 petaWatts * 1.5 x 10^-14 seconds = 3000 Joules.

While that is an enormous amount of power it's not a heck of a lot of energy.

Depending on your electricity rate it's a bit over 1/100th of a penny.