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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Has anyone calculated the amount of energy required to expand space/time?
« on: 02/05/2012 15:40:07 »
Either the energy comes from inside this universe or it comes from outside of this universe. If the energy is from inside the universe I think the most likely source is from the various effects we describe as entropy.
I think it is more interesting to think of the energy coming from outside of our universe. I believe our universe is a black hole in a much larger universe. If we could look at our universe from the outside we could relate changes to the diameter of the black hole to the amount of mass failing into the event horizon. Assuming the event horizon has a size relationship to the universe it could contain.
If we are looking inside our universe than we would have to a local space-time distortions related to measurable amounts of entropy. We would also have to consider that not all units of space have the same energy requirements.
I think it is more interesting to think of the energy coming from outside of our universe. I believe our universe is a black hole in a much larger universe. If we could look at our universe from the outside we could relate changes to the diameter of the black hole to the amount of mass failing into the event horizon. Assuming the event horizon has a size relationship to the universe it could contain.
If we are looking inside our universe than we would have to a local space-time distortions related to measurable amounts of entropy. We would also have to consider that not all units of space have the same energy requirements.