Part 2/11:
A year prior, the series launched with an episode titled Black Hole Farming, which documented how civilizations might harness energy from black holes. Three primary methods were outlined:
Mass Accretion: Dropping objects into a black hole to capture their kinetic energy.
Rotational Energy Use: Tapping into a black hole’s spin to generate electricity.
Extraction of Hawking Radiation: Utilizing the theoretical radiation emitted by black holes as they evaporate.
In this sequel, the conversation revisits these methods while introducing new concepts like Boltzmann Brains and the Margolus–Levitin Limit, signifying the boundaries and potentials of quantum computing and energy harvesting in the Universe’s twilight phases.