Comment by vkou
21 hours ago
> a miniature charged black hole that can be fed regular matter to produce power,
What form of power and through what principle?
21 hours ago
> a miniature charged black hole that can be fed regular matter to produce power,
What form of power and through what principle?
Hawking radiation, I think. Yes, this is at best speculatively feasible.
Probably more like a water wheel - matter spinning around the hole can be accelerated.
A spacecraft carrying a blackhole as propulsion means probably would have poor power to weight ratio.
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