Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
"10^30 Gigawatts! 10^30 GIGAWATTS?! Tom, Tom! What was I thinking!?"
The theory may or may not be correct. But it appears it requires about a trillion* times the total energy the Earth has received from the sun
over its entire existence, to get it to work. (1.08 x 10^8 GW per year, or 4.32 x 10^17 GW over 4 billion years). Concentrated on a surface of 1 m^2
Or from a different angle, enough energy to boil all the Earth's oceans a billion times over. Yes, I suspect there
would be "bubbles."
"Holy microwave oven, BatMan!"
Any volunteers to crew this HAUC? Has anyone told the Navy that part?
(*Exponential numbers always give me the gip.
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Another reference value is that it needs a few Tsar Bomba's worth of energy to make Baldricks clever plan work ( 1 Tsar = 58MT TNT equiv =240 Pj, 240e15 = 2.4e17). That means, it probably would do exactly what it is supposed to, as it is likely that one only tsar bomba would remove all of the mass of yonder HAUC device, along with a few cubic Kms of local water, fish, boats, ocean floor... and snapping shrimp. and the driver. So, yes, a few Tsars would do something. Gonna need lots of SPF, and earplugs. Hat camouflage probably won't make a difference.
In another relative biggly value, the 10e33j required for Doc Browns fantastical machine compared to the E.L.E. meteor that whupped planet earths butt 65 Million years ago, is:
"The Chicxulub impactor had an estimated diameter of 11–81 kilometers (6.8–50.3 mi), and delivered an estimated energy of 21–921 billion Hiroshima A-bombs (between 1.3×1024
and 5.8×1025
joules, or 1.3–58 yottajoules)."
So,
1 x ELE impactor = 2.4e8 Tsar Bombas
1 x really light weight HUAC is going to use:
1.7e7 ELE impactors, 17,000,000 of those puppies,
4.17e15 Tsar Bombas, thats, 4,170,000,000,000,000 of those buckets of sunshine.
Go Navy!
etc....
But wait, there's more.... In the related "nested" patents, Gums noted patent of the inventor (below) states...
In a peer-reviewed paper by the inventor, entitled “The high energy electromagnetic field generator,” published in the International Journal of Space Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2015 pp. 312-317 (incorporated herein by reference and not admitted to be prior art), the inventor discusses the possibility of inertial (or gravitational) mass reduction using high energy electromagnetic (EM) fields, whereby, high frequency accelerated vibration and/or high frequency accelerated spin of electrically charged systems (minimally charged, if so desired) can lead to local vacuum state polarization (energy flux values in excess of 1033 W/m2 are feasible, with corresponding energy densities in excess of 1025 J/m3). In this manner, the local spacetime energy density is modified. These systems would be strategically placed on an intergalactic craft.
Another opportunity to give a life for king and country to the test pilot. Like Slick Goodlin, you might want to hold out for better health and dental, and life cover, or go #2 on the test schedule...
A fun fact though... a paper (below) suggests that the Chicxulub impactor that left only some examiners as dinosaurs, had only 1/3rd of the irradiance needed to set fire to all of the plants on the surface of the earth. So, the test of yon. HUAC needs to have a good rapport with the bush fire brigade before lighting the touchpaper on this design.
