Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged energy

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Q&A Multi-purpose Fictional Chemical Element Needed

5 answers · posted over 4 years ago by Michael Faraday‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Canina‭

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Q&A How efficient can a Dyson sphere be?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity 11mo ago by celtschk‭

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Q&A Could there be something like the Higgs field which gives particles their energy in a similar way to how the Higgs boson gives particles their mass?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Aeroan‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How to discretely sustain a plasma life-form?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by RandySavage‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A Entropy, enthalpy, and energy through rapid mitosis

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Strivs‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Strivs‭

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Q&A How can a rogue planet get energy for plants to use?

8 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭

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Q&A Harnessing energy directly from the sun via quantum tunneling

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Strivs‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Strivs‭

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Q&A Plausible propulsion methods given a virtually infinite electric power source

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by if9y4d‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by if9y4d‭

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Q&A Antimatter filled buckyballs - The energy storage medium of the future

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Samwise‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Samwise‭

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Q&A Could power be generated using the temperature difference in venus's atmosphere?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by meaninglessname‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by meaninglessname‭

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Q&A Options for biological high-density energy storage within the human body

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by KeizerHarm‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by KeizerHarm‭

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Q&A Who is likely to die because of a prolonged power outage? How long does it take?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by David‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by David‭

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Q&A Could a more convenient form of energy transfer/storage than electricity be possible?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by A Lambent Eye‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by A Lambent Eye‭

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Q&A How much energy do plants produce?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Matthew‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Matthew‭

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Q&A What is a feasible timeframe for a super-reactor to obsolete all other energy sources?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mindwin‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mindwin‭

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Q&A Would a Dyson sphere be useful as a means of power generation?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by meaninglessname‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by meaninglessname‭

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Q&A How would a Dyson Swarm transmit energy to the Earth?

5 answers · posted over 1 year ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

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Q&A Could a geothermal plant work for several millennia

5 answers · posted 4y ago by Ender Look‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Ender Look‭

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Q&A Sea pumps to create rain using windmills to control weather?

4 answers · posted 3y ago by com.prehensible‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by com.prehensible‭

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Q&A Are Alpha and Beta-Voltaics the solution to the energy storage problem in Scifi?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by TheDyingOfLight‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by TheDyingOfLight‭

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Q&A Consequences of an Earth-size object hitting the Sun?

10 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Nicola Lepetit‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Nicola Lepetit‭

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Q&A What is the most efficient way of mining energy from a flare star?

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by user6760‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by user6760‭

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Q&A What would be the effect(s) of high-speed plasma impacting a planet?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A Can gamma radiation be used to generate electricity on earth?

2 answers · posted over 4 years ago by Hyfnae‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Hyfnae‭

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Q&A How can I achieve the results of Pompeii with divine energy?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Incognito‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Incognito‭

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Q&A How can i get around power limitations due to battery size?

5 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by RandySavage‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A Life without a bright star?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Franklin Pezzuti Dyer‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Franklin Pezzuti Dyer‭

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Q&A Is it plausible to to cover a desert in self-replicating solar panels, using only the materials found in the desert?

4 answers · posted over 2 years ago by IndigoFenix‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by IndigoFenix‭

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Q&A Will it possible to transform thermal energy into electrical energy some day?

5 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by somega‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by somega‭

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Q&A Anatomically correct Kryptonian, part 1

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A What would be the most practical raw fuel for a hydrogen economy?

9 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Vogon Poet‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Vogon Poet‭

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Q&A Generation ship "stealing" resources without acceleration or deceleration

5 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by TheSpidermonkey‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by TheSpidermonkey‭

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Q&A If Mars contains coal, will it become a dominant source of energy?

4 answers · posted 6y ago by user6760‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by user6760‭

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Q&A What would a life-form be like if it's antimatter-based

5 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Caveknight32‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Caveknight32‭

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Q&A Viability of using temperature difference to generate energy on a tidally-locked planet

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Connor‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Connor‭

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Q&A Would that heat-engine provide power to the colony on Titan?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Christmas Snow‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Christmas Snow‭

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Q&A How much energy could be stored in an average human body using electric organs?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by RandySavage‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A Energy manipulating superhero -- how would it work

4 answers · posted almost 7 years ago by Aaron Tuturro‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Aaron Tuturro‭

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Q&A How much energy would a character need to disassemble and reassemble thier matter?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by RandySavage‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A Unpredictable reactors which like to explode by default

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by mono‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by mono‭

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Q&A How powerful does a chainsaw engine need to be to cut cloth and bone?

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Demigan‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Transmitting energy from the upper part of a space fountain using the stream of rotating masses

2 answers · posted 2y ago by 666lumberjack‭ · last activity 2y ago by 666lumberjack‭

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Q&A Could two separate creatures' health, or life, be dependent on each other?

4 answers · posted 2y ago by Cherry‭ · last activity 2y ago by Cherry‭

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Q&A Drawbacks of my Catastrophe Inhibitor

4 answers · posted 2y ago by Demigan‭ · last activity 2y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Does a life form not using a food-based metabolism still need to saturate its cells with respiratory gases?

1 answer · posted 2y ago by Caveknight32‭ · last activity 2y ago by Caveknight32‭

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Q&A What could be a plausible scientific explanation for a man who can transform different parts of his body into different parts of reptiles?

2 answers · posted 2y ago by Strivs‭ · last activity 2y ago by Strivs‭

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Q&A How to heat a windmill ? (Mechanical to thermal energy conversion)

9 answers · posted 5y ago by EngelOfChipolata‭ · last activity 2y ago by EngelOfChipolata‭

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Q&A Human colonies beyond Pluto (on a potential ninth planet)

4 answers · posted 2y ago by Tim Hansen‭ · last activity 2y ago by Tim Hansen‭

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Q&A How could a creature derive energy from radioactive elements?

3 answers · posted 2y ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭ · last activity 2y ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭

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Q&A Sewer gas energy?

2 answers · posted 2y ago by Logan R. Kearsley‭ · last activity 2y ago by Logan R. Kearsley‭

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