CERN just managed to transport antimatter via truck, and people are asking what happens if it gets into an accident. the answer is... a car accident.

the energy equivalence of antimatter is huge — 10¹⁷J/kg, but the amount is tiny — 92 protons. it's so tiny that if i placed all 92 in your hand, the destruction and release of energy would feel less warm than mere sunlight, by a factor of at least a few thousands.

i'd be more worried about the 2-ton magnetic containment machine in that truck.

@Yuvalne

I would say it would be cool if we were to find out how to store massive amounts of antimatter, but then I would realize it would just be a bomb

@burnoutqueen well yeah, but any energy store is a bomb depending on how fast the energy gets released. fuel tanks. batteries. radioactive materials. in some cases it's hard to reach bomb levels (i don't think you can turn most biological material into a bomb EDIT: no i'm wrong, you definitely can), but it's often easier than you think.

@Yuvalne

I could see a crazy like Trump bombing Spain with an antimatter bomb because Pedro Sanchez said something he didn't like

@Yuvalne antimatter is the most effective material for a weapon ever designed. It destroys matter on contact, forever
@burnoutqueen @Yuvalne imean uhh kinda ? not really ? fusion bombs are much more effective for way smaller prices afaik
@fiore @burnoutqueen
depends on how you define efficient I guess