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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: spook1456 on 11/04/2011 16:01:45

Title: Can matter and anti-matter annhilation one day power the earth?
Post by: spook1456 on 11/04/2011 16:01:45

I wonder if one day anti-matter and matter annhilation can power powerplants and produce enough electricity to power the earth as an alternate source of energy instead of fossil fuels, uranium or plutonium

Title: Can matter and anti-matter annhilation one day power the earth?
Post by: JMLCarter on 11/04/2011 17:46:33

At the moment we have to put energy in to make the anti-matter. Which means there is potential for using the technology as batteries with really high energy density. We cannot use anti-matter as power sources unless some-one finds some anti-matter we can grab for free.