My own estimation for a feasible teleporter is using something with space time. Maybe there's a way we'll figure out how to create gateways and that'll mark the beginning of teleportation. So that's another option to keep open.Rattja said:What are your thoughts on teleportation?
Been thinking about it for a while now, and been wondering in what other way it could possibly be done (if any) other than the "classical way".
By that I mean if you think about it as a total deconstruction of something, and then reassemble it somewhere else it creates a whole series of problems. Like if you could do it that way, you could in theory also make another copy of said object given you had the materials to do so, as a machine like that would have some kind of blueprint in its memory to reassemble it.
Another thing is that during the deconstructing process I imagine that all the connections in your brain would be broken. If the machine was able to reconstruct that, it would also be reasonable to assume it could change the way it does it and essentially "reprogram" the subject.
A tornado is a moving column of air, which means there's plenty of room for a fire to exist inside it. Firestorms are a concern for firefighters because it's a self sustaining fire in the air. Fire tornadoes are self sustaining in the same way. Both use gradients of hot to cooler air to draw in oxygen to perpetuate the flame. Gradients of hot to cold air are what create wind in the first place. This is why Kansas is known for its tornadoes during spring because equal amounts of hot and cold air meet, creating these strong torrents.retsupurae yahtsee said:How do fire tornadoes work? I would thought they were physically impossible since the stem of a tornado is a vacuum, but they have horrifyingly real, so does the tornado use the shit it picks up as accelerant, or does the constant spinning prevent conduction--how does that work?
I really don't know an exact number at the top of my head. But I would estimate it's nowhere near the necessary 2,100 megaton force requirement.I remember that in Intuitor's analysis of The Abyss, it said that flooding the world like the underwater monsters almost did at the end would require about 2,100 megatons of force. How many megatons can underwater volcanoes produce? Would it have to happen in specific areas of the world, or could a sufficient level of force anywhere do it? Related question: Can we do anything about supervolcanoes, and how long do you think we have before they erupt and kill us?
The best way to prepare for a supervolcano is to bunker up. There are seismometers that are placed in Yellowstone that let geologists predict if it might erupt. Last I checked, in the next 1,000 years it won't likely erupt. What it would do would be blanketing most of the top soil for farmers with ash, making it poisonous for plants.