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Sep 15, 2023 at 20:50 comment added username Excellent reference, thank you very much!
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Oct 8, 2022 at 13:37 comment added Christopher King You can get close to $E = mc^2$ using a black hole heat engine (which converts matter directly into hot radiation). Background radiation is pretty cold, so the carnot limit is pretty close to 100% anyways if you use it as the cold reservoir.
Oct 8, 2022 at 10:49 comment added Steven Gubkin It is likely impossible because humans will never become intergalactic demigods. The problem is still a fun one to think about.
Oct 8, 2022 at 2:21 comment added Christopher King "converting its mass into pure energy using $E=mc^2$" This is likely impossible (assuming we are only counting extracted work) due to the carnot limit.
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