Black holes, says Mayer, are actually the "in" end of a tunnel through spacetime (ie a wormhole) which leads to the opposite side of the universe. And at that end one finds a "white hole" spewing forth raw energy and fundamental particles. Dead star goes in, elemental ingredients come out. That means 100% recycling of material and energy, occurring everywhere in the universe, for all eternity. Can't get much more sustainable than that.
I find this interesting, as far as I can tell, it is accepted that white holes cannot be formed by gravitational collapse, if there are any then they would be remnants of the big bang. If this is true then Mayer cannot be right. There should be evidence of white holes in the same proportion as black holes if you believe Mayer, yet there is no evidence of them, they are only theoretically possible.
Edited by fearandloathing, : No reason given.
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