From: Robert Comer 

It's pitiful compared to E=MC2. (perfect conversion)

That said, I don't think there's any possible way to get perfect conversion.

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Bob Comer



On Mon, 7 May 2007 08:25:58 -0400, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>In article , bobcomer-
>removeme-{at}mindspring.com says...
>> >That means a relatively
>> >small amount of mass can convert to a large amount of energy.
>>
>> Sorry, that knowledge was already there before the first nuclear
>> explosion, we just upped the level on how much we could convert. (it's
>> still a pitiful yield compared to E=MC2')
>
>That's sounds to me like saying that the Carnot Cycle is theory because
>we can't get beyond a certain efficiency. Fat Man converted 17% of its
>fission mass to energy. Castle Bravo approved 36% efficiency. That's not
>pitiful IMHO.

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