I guess post scarcity go BRRR, but if I was Chief Engineer and caught some flunky using my precious reactor output to replicate ice there’d be a pointed discussion on thermodynamics
Maybe if we tuned the transporter’s annular confinement beam to match the warp core’s frequency we could slow down the particles in the stew, cooling it appropriately!
Why would it remove energy? It doesn’t create liquid water and then freezes it. It creates matter with a certain energy level. Creating ice would probably just cost a minuscule bit less energy than the same amount of liquid water
For some reason I always assume the matter is created at ambient temperatures, but then it could just use the outside space for freezing ambient temps.
Replicate yourself a bunch of ice, a cooler, and a fresh stew, and…
The answer to replicator problems is always MORE REPLICATION!
Just replicate day old stew
Oh… you mean instant.
I guess post scarcity go BRRR, but if I was Chief Engineer and caught some flunky using my precious reactor output to replicate ice there’d be a pointed discussion on thermodynamics
This has me wondering about the semantics of potentially replicating a bunch of high capacity batteries.
this is why every replicator has a bucket of sand stored underneath
What about a stew pot sized heatpump cooker/cooler?
Maybe if we tuned the transporter’s annular confinement beam to match the warp core’s frequency we could slow down the particles in the stew, cooling it appropriately!
A week in the transporter buffer should be roughly equivalent to overnight in the fridge
ahh, I miss Scottie’s transpobuffer hooch
Use the transporter to make smoothies you say? Surely nothing could make anything more finely mixed than a transporter
Replicator, replicate me a flunky to sit through the Chief’s lecture again I want piña coladas
That’s a good point. Could we set a phaser to “cold?”
I always knew it could make hot food, but can a replicator create ice?
It’s easy to put energy into a system, but removing it usually takes time.
Why would it remove energy? It doesn’t create liquid water and then freezes it. It creates matter with a certain energy level. Creating ice would probably just cost a minuscule bit less energy than the same amount of liquid water
For some reason I always assume the matter is created at ambient temperatures, but then it could just use the outside space for freezing ambient temps.