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 @burnoutqueen methane-producing bacteria + enclosed space :3
@whitequark @Yuvalne @burnoutqueen or an alcohol still
@cinebox @Yuvalne @burnoutqueen i was thinking of something entirely biological, i feel if you're allowed adding weirdly shaped metal it's not even challenging
@whitequark @cinebox @Yuvalne @burnoutqueen how much can you scale up a bombardier beetle? 🤔