Talk:Oil Fabricator/@comment-96.23.135.97-20121013024755/@comment-5416864-20121027025646


 * sigh* You people should stop trying to talk about things you don't understand.

It's not about "creating something from nothing," It's about dismantling the tiniest sub-atomic particles of one object and re-alligning them to create something new. Everything in the universe is made out of a particular arrangment of protons, neutons, and electrons. Assuming we don't kill ourselves, humans will eventually create the technology needed to take the sub-atomic particles from one material, such as the air around us (comprised primarily of Nitrogen) or a supplied block of lead (extremely dense), and rearranging them in such a way that they form a completely new material.

And as for Matter being turned into Energy and vise versa: Einstein proved that Matter is Energy, in every sense. Break matter down to Molocules, break them down into Atoms, then pro/neu/electrons, then Quarks, then whatever is next, again and again... the smallest possible level, down at the Planck length, is pure energy, bundled up to create everything around us, riding on the quantum foam. So yes, maybe one day it would be possible to create matter from pure energy, but it'd be a lot easier to use the comparitively enormous pro/neu/electrons, since they make up everything too.