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Friday, March 18, 2005

This universe is energy

There is one thing we seem to know: this universe or world or thing we inhabit is full of energy. Actually it is energy. This energy can transform into matter, according to Einstein, following this very simple equation: E=mc2. If we consider that the sun we are going around is one of 10 billions in this galaxy and that there are 10 billion galaxies, that means something like 10 000 000 000 times 10 000 000 000 of suns. The mass of the sun is 200 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg (2x10 to the power of 20). Multiply these three numbers and then multiply your result by the speed of light, 300 000 000 km/s. The result is a fraction of the energy contained in this universe. We haven’t taken into consideration the planets, asteroids, comets, moons and whatever else is out there. That is a lot of energy. But then again, what is energy? It seems to be mostly defined as the capacity to do things.

This driving force has necessarily many manifestations. Those would be as different as a toe from a Picasso, a trinket from a planet, a thrice from a price.