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THE ULTIMATE FREE LUNCH. Total Energy of the Universe. Mass/Energy is positive (mc 2 + radiation). Gravity energy is negative (gravitational potential energy). In a flat universe, these two types of energy exactly balance and the total energy of the universe is zero .
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THE ULTIMATE FREE LUNCH. • Total Energy of the Universe. • Mass/Energy is positive (mc2 + radiation). • Gravity energy is negative (gravitational potential energy). • In a flat universe, these two types of energy exactly balance and the total energy of the universe is zero. • The Universe as a Quantum Fluctuation. • DEDt = constant implies that Dt is infinite if DE = 0. • The entire universe could be a quantum fluctuation of the vacuum (Edward Tryon, 1973).