Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoI don't know if this is the place but some people did the science of what The Flash would have to eat to maintain speed. Has anyone in science ever did the math on how super heroes can fly?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down13
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareI don't know if this is the place but some people did the science of what The Flash would have to eat to maintain speed. Has anyone in science ever did the math on how super heroes can fly?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·15 days agoI think you’d first have to have a biological explanation for how they can fly before you determine how much energy it takes.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoOr the physics explanation, straight up 100% efficient gravity control would be less than walking up a similar sized mountain (conservation of [potential] energy). Something using zero point energy to force could be net positive, it depends…
I think you’d first have to have a biological explanation for how they can fly before you determine how much energy it takes.
Or the physics explanation, straight up 100% efficient gravity control would be less than walking up a similar sized mountain (conservation of [potential] energy). Something using zero point energy to force could be net positive, it depends…