https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/astro-ph_0307333/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21079778urn:hackerpapers:mention:astro-ph_0307333:21079778Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:49:53 GMT<p>I don&#x27;t think that this would work: whoever is holding the alternator would also be pulled into the black hole while generating the electricity. Maybe the &quot;right&quot; way to convert potential energy is via conversion to heat and black-body radiation in the accretion disk? Might be difficult to capture significant percentage of that energy, though. See also [1] [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0307333v1.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/astro-ph_0307333/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph