I was reading the "Black Hole Doom" article just now, and I had a funny thought- little black holes dissapate quickly via Hawking Radiation, right? (they do)

That converts all of the hole's mass into energy right? :-?

If so, why are we messing around with fusion reactors if we can just make little black holes that go *pop* and harness the energy?

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I would guess that, assuming we develop the know-how and technology for this, it would require more energy to create and sustain a "mini-black hole" than we would get out of it. Plus it seems like it would be waaaay to easy to get out of control, and we all know about the protests against nuclear power, and those would only destroy part of the earth.

Because it takes more energy to make one than you can get out of it! 8)

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But the Romulans do it all the time!

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John Varley (yes, its science FICTION) had an idea for using small black holes for generating energy - dump your garbage in. As the matter falls in you get x-rays and other radiation. You need a way to convert the x-rays to usable power.

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Sounds handy! Can I get one for under my sink?

Also is this like "Mr Fusion" from the end of back to the future?

Clarke used one in his Asymptotic Drive in Imperial Earth.

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Why would this require more energy to be put in? The black hole is going to give out all the energy of the matter it ingested over time- making one takes more energy than that? Why?

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