Re: Having seen Iron Man

In article <48271e36$0$30495$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Ben Crowell  <crowell08@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>James Nicoll wrote:
>> 	How many uses can you think of for a multiple gigwatt generator
>> that has no waste heat or radiation issues, that is smaller than a
block
>> of butter?
>
>Is it a heat engine? If so, then my proposed use for it would be to
>use it to obtain the Nobel prize for overthrowing the laws of
>thermodynamics.

	They are extremely non-specific about what it is but it appears
to produce only electricity as an output. The only time heat is an issue
is when there's a lack of it. 
	
	Interestingly, all of that power goes through a wire the thickness
of my little finger, implying room temperature superconductors are
off-the-
shelf technology in that universe. 

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