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Old 10-January-2009, 01:09 PM
Warren Platts Warren Platts is offline
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You have to understand that black holes are living things--and like all living things, they like to eat. And when they grow, they tend to grow exponentially. As the thing grows, its power grows as well; therefore, we shouldn't expect the suck-in rate to be flat. It's diameter will increase, and its gravity will as well. Eventually, it will cause cavitation; then the "solid" Earth will immediately collapse on the thing, force-feeding it. So I took your growth rate of 0.4% per half hour, and just extrapolated that.
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