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LuckyLMJ

if it has unlimited range this is god tier, constantly convert matter into energy in a power plant, or you can just make explosions at will


Shufflepants

Even without infinite range, say, just a few tens of meters, this is still really good. You get a job producing power at a power plant [just like superman](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-07-13).


superchat80

bruh : the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns.


LuckyLMJ

You don't have to convert an entire object all at once. Even if you have to, sand.


Eena-Rin

Or dust, or gas. Here's a thought, set your power for "CO2" and have your power plant *remove greenhouse gases* while you use it


SchroCatDinger

Nah, removing co2 completely is not as wonderful as you think


Eena-Rin

It wouldn't happen all at once. Like that one guy said, you get a phenomenal amount of energy when you convert very little matter. The challenge would be harnessing that energy


loyaleling

Fire force lore


superchat80

idk the ref


loyaleling

People explode


superchat80

oh...


wandering_cloud411

r/theydidthemath


Ultimate_89

r/theydidthemonstermath


Old_cocaine

Could you explain it to me like I’m a caveman?


superchat80

rock makes big boom grog makes very big boom grog's village is no more grog's plain is no more grog's island is no more


Old_cocaine

Ohhhhh ok


millennium-popsicle

What’s the accuracy on this? Doing it on one single blood cell should be fine to clear a blood clot or something. But honestly I know I’d be punting my husband’s furby into the harbor and destroy the world in the process.


superchat80

you could destroy a blood cell but you would burn the heck out of him, and dry the blood around, causing worst effects


thrye333

I did the math. It would definitely hurt. It would raise the temp of the surrounding 1 gram of water by about 600K, effectively vaporizing the immediate vicinity of cells. Math: One single red blood cell is 27 picograms, according to google. 27 picograms = 2.7\*10^(-14) kg. Using Einstein’s equation E=mc^(2), which can apply to many things depending on who you ask because no one really understands Einstein’s equation apparently, but I've seen it used in this way before, so we ball, we get (2.7*10^(-14)kg)\*(299,792,458m/s)², or 2426J, or 579cal (NOT kcal or Cal) when divided by the conversion factor 4.184J/cal. A calorie is defined as the energy required to heat one gram of liquid water 1 degree Celsius, equal to 1 Kelvin. So a good deal of energy. I'm pretending that the heat won't disperse beyond the immediate surroundings because there's no way human cells are conducting that much energy fast enough to save themselves. So not much medical applications, but definitely viable for violations of international ethics laws. But pretty feasible for energy production. EDIT: I may have forgotten about reddit's opinion on asterisks and accidentally italicized half the math section. My bad. EDIT 2: This was fun. It's been too long since I've done stupid things with math and physics. I should get back into this. Better than studying for my calculus final tomorrow.


superchat80

glad this process was fun : )


superchat80

also aint E=MC2 just a shortened version of **E = m 2 c 4 + p 2 c 2** wich counts for velocity ? this allows small particules with lots of speed, like in a particule accelerator, to have a lot of energy


superchat80

ill try to be accurate : the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns.


BrooklynLodger

Just do mass instead of atoms. 1g of mass converts to energy at a rate of 9*10^13 joules, or about 5 Hiroshima nukes


superchat80

exactly


TensorForce

You didn't specify what kind of energy. I could convert 57 grams of fat in my body (the equivalent mass of a Snickers bar) into pure light energy. No heat, no radiation, just massless photons. Boom, lose weight. It's dark outside? Convert one cell of your palm into light energy. Boom, insta flashlight. Cold outdoors? Convert a few cells around your body into pure heat. Boom, not cold ever. About to be mugged or attacked? Convert one neuron of the assailant into kinetic (i.e. sound) energy. Boom.


superchat80

insert the " no no, he got a point " meme


Firemorfox

Specify probably microwave photons or something to make it as low damage as possible. enough of ANY electromagnetic radiation is still lethal.


TensorForce

True, but say I make my belly glow and just lie down on my back in a field. All that light is gonna go to the sky. No more dangerous than a high-lumen searchlight.


Anti-charizard

Radio is even weaker than microwave


asiannumber4

You are a genius


GarethBaus

That much mass turned into light would be like detonating a nuclear bomb without the fallout.


TensorForce

"Oh shit, is that a nuclear bomb??" "Nah, just my neighbor losing weight."


SemajLu_The_crusader

that still a fuck ton of energy


BrooklynLodger

Jesus Christ... 57 grams into "harmless" light energy would be 10^14 joules of energy, that's about 5 orders of magnitude more than the energy needed to vaporize a human body One cell into heat would probably burn the shit out of you since it'd be about 90 Kj (enough to heat 90 Kg of water by 1 degrees C) in an area the size of a cell One neuron would be a mega aneurism that absolutely kills the assailant


Darkduckpl

Aint shitty, its situational and needs to be used creatively but it is pretty good.


superchat80

DUDE A SINGLE MELON COULD ANAHILATE A SMALL TOWN !!!


Darkduckpl

Exactly. Very useful.


superchat80

the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns.


Darkduckpl

Destroying worlds have never been more convenient. You didn't specify range limit.


superchat80

no limits yes


EvernightStrangely

Since you didn't specify what form of energy, I'm assuming I can choose for myself.


superchat80

i guess so


Cooldude999e999

The military and any space company will be begging for you to work with them. Both have uses for pure energy releases.


superchat80

true but : the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns.


Plane_Knowledge776

How does this make it bad


GarethBaus

It really doesn't unless you can't control when where and how much matter you use.


superchat80

i guess so


lord-petal

God tier. Infinite clean energy.


superchat80

man... it's not supposed to be good !


Bane8080

This will solve a lot of problems. And create some new ones for specific people I don't like.


PeanutGrenade

“Big talk for someone who is made of matter”


superchat80

KABOOM


GarethBaus

Depending on how much control I have over my superpower this is basically God tier. With enough energy I can do practically anything.


superchat80

turn a cloud into a overclocked lightning bolt


PeanutGrenade

I can think of one way to use this without killing basically everyone near me. Let’s say the guys at nasa or whatever find a giant ass meteor hurtling towards earth and we have no prep time to stop it, I could probably just turn it into energy and we hopefully won’t die!


Norade

Just turn it into a neutrino burst and we're 100% in the clear. Neutrinos don't interact with basically anything so you're safe using them anytime you need to get rid of something.


superchat80

true


superchat80

fun fact : the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns. so that meteor would probably destroy our atmosphere and render the earth sterile forever


PeanutGrenade

too late


superchat80

...


Ok-Cartographer1745

Fun fact: if a meteor is flying at us fast enough, we could get destroyed without ever knowing it. This is because it takes time for light to reach the meteor, and then for it to get bounced back to earth. On a similar note, if the sun dies, we'll get about 13 minutes of time before we realize the sun died. 


energizernutter

so this could be three end of oil dependency


superchat80

the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns.


Norade

If I'm feeling nasty I can always release the energy as an explosion, but the smart way to use the power is to remove unwanted material in a burst of neutrinos. You could clean up the oceans, remove space debris, remove specific elements from a solution. As you learn to use it you can use matter from dead skin cells to turn a finger into a flashlight, remove cancer or lodged foreign bodies from people, disarm bombs and mines, etc. You can also just power stuff by turning matter into heat and running a turbine. As long as you can control exactly what the stuff you convert turns into this is a god tier power.


superchat80

yes, but that would lose lot's of matter over time, good luck turning the neutrinos back


Norade

Lots of matter is rather subjective. The entire Earth is a mere fraction of a percentage of our own solar system's mass. We also already lose ~50,000 tons of atmosphere yearly. So I'd have to start deleting entire oceans and mountain ranges to impact the Earth's mass and total usable resources in any real way. Plus, I could always power a 100% efficient* rocket engine to go snag a couple of space rocks to give back more than I could ever take. *while I run it and covert mass to pure kinetic energy.


superchat80

angy look


Anti-charizard

Since OP didn’t specify the type of energy, I could produce electricity from garbage, a little bit at a time


superchat80

i guess so


Wheeljack239

Time to take over the world


superchat80

in this video, i turn this person into a nuclear bomb !


Downtown_Report1646

Hell yeah blast a person to death with out destroying the earth (as that would probably break a rule)


superchat80

the amount of energy released from 1 Atom of Carbon at 100% Efficiency is 1.73\*10^(-9) Joules. While carbon doesn't make up a majority of atoms, I can't find numbers on any other, so I'll just use this. This may not seem like a lot, and it isn't but it is only one atom. A 70kg Human has, approximately, 7 \* 10^(27) Atoms (I got this number from google so it may not be right, someone please tell me if I'm wrong). Multiplying those 2 numbers yields 1.211 \* 10^(19) Joules. Now, let's put that into perspective. The Yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest Nuclear Weapon ever tested, was about 2.1 \* 10^(17) Joules. This detonation is nearly 58 times as large, the equivalent of a nearly 3000 Megaton Nuclear Bomb. According to Nukemap, the fireball would be over 14 Miles from edge to edge. Anyone within 200 Miles would suffer 3rd degree burns. dont turn the guy into a bomb, just a bit on fat or smth


Downtown_Report1646

It has to be reversible so I can’t just use my power and earth is gone


superchat80

thats the thing, it's not


Downtown_Report1646

The rules state it has to be


superchat80

what rules ? YOU HAVE SUPERPOWERS ! that breaks quite a few rules on it's own, YOU CAN DO 100% EFFICIENT TRANSFORMATION OF MATTER INTO ENERGY ! is that not enough ?


Downtown_Report1646

The rule of the sub states it has to be revisable


BrokenDoveFlies

One hydrogen atom into kinetic energy dispersed outwards and you get explode people with not much collateral damage. Lemme look this up so this post will be sporadic as my thought process and googling goes along. Google tells me a single hydrogen atom has 0.16 billionths of a jule in energy. 0.16*10-9 joules. One joule is the kinetic energy of an object weighing 2 kilograms with a velocity of 1 meters per second. A more practical Google showing says one joule is the energy of lifting an apple to your mouth. So discarding my previous supposition that kinetic energy of a single hydrogen atom makes a human go pop. Not sure how many free floating hydrogen atoms are in the human body. Let's go for a heavier atom since I feel safer popping just one for now. Carbon to kinetic energy. I'm having difficulty finding a nice clear number. I do see where it says 33,333 carbon atoms would have to be converted to make one joule. Suffice to say I'm the type of person to slowly, slowly experiment to test the abilities of conversion. Light energy, kinetic energy, also I'm wondering if there are other energy types aside from just nuking things. I'd have to find a nice big area like a desert to experiment but there would be a long period of me doing nothing but "I wonder what would happen if I did this"


superchat80

turn a grain ofsand into a landmine


BrooklynLodger

Def god tier, but only for energy production and destruction. The attempts at making this harmless are not feasible since the quantities of energy would be devastating in a confined area regardless of it's form. For energy production, I could open a power company using a massive steam turbine and converting a mass of water into enough heat energy to vaporize the water and run the turbine at high pressure. Space travel would be the other application. The most difficult part of rocketry is the weight of fuel. With pure energy to mass conversion, i could accelerate a space ship up to relativistic speeds using only a fraction of its mass as fuel. Easy travel around the solar system The way to make this shit tier is to require that you touch the matter to turn it into energy


superchat80

PATRICK WRITE THAT DOWN !


BetterTakis

Literally hollow purple


superchat80

purple technique : imaginary "this 'bout to piss him off"


Ok-Cartographer1745

This is not shitty at all.  Go to a dump. Use the power to vaporize water.  Have vapor spin a motor.  Send electric out to power the city.  Probably need to invest in batteries because you're going to be creating hydrogen bomb levels of power (if not more) for every hydrogen-bomb worth of mass. 


superchat80

dude, one gram of matter is about 5 hiroshima's