Because of what are expected to be quantum effects, the maximum energy is about the equivalent of 10^94 grams/cc or 10^115 ergs/cc. The concept of a conserved TOTAL ENERGY however is meaningless because spacetime will be so badly curved that even the Law of Conservation of Energy will be invalid for times closer than about 10^-40 seconds of the Big Bang.
Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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