Which Releases the Greatest Amount of Energy Per Gram?
                                
                                
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                                While fat provides the most energy of any dietary nutrient at 9 kcal per gram, this is dwarfed by nuclear power. But what truly releases the greatest amount of energy per gram? The answer lies far beyond dietary calories and even nuclear reactions, at the very limit of physical possibility.