What are the energy implications of time travel into the future?

In summary, the train would circumscribe the planet and pass through its one station seven times every second.The system would contain so much kinetic energy that it would turn the planet into a ticking bomb.Not to mention that the Earth does not contain enough energy to power it.There's no physical way to contain it against the colossal forces involved.And the g-forces on the passengers and somewhere around one billion g's.However, the principle is sound. Moving at .99999998c (the speed of light to within one part in 100 million) would let you experience only one week as a century passed on Earth.
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Suraj M said:
What if i considered a different planet with a huge radius(compared to earth) so will it be possible then?
OK, so a planet one or two orders of magnitude larger than Earth.
So, instead of a billion g's, you've reduced it to 10 million g's.

Your occupants, rather than being a puddle of jam 1 micrometer thick, are a puddle of jam 100 micrometers thick. :wink:
 
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Now don't shift this thread to the fiction forum! :olduhh:
 
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Suraj M said:
Now don't shift this thread to the fiction forum! :olduhh:
It's been in danger of that since sentence 3 of post 1. :biggrin:
 

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