[Dead Corpse]

Why would this virtual charge need to be uniform throughout the Universe? Depending on the quantum perturbation of local space-time, the disposition of this charge could vary by region.

This would play well into Hawking's "black hole radiation" theory.

I like it.

Makes a lot more sense than some Unobtanium substance we haven't ever seen and might not be able to find.

[The Cajun]

Why would this virtual charge need to be uniform throughout the Universe?

Along those same lines, I have wondered, due to observations by astronomer Halton Arp, if different rules that apply to certain sections of space/time.
He has proved, beyond a doubt to me anyway, that two objects, billions of light years apart, do interact with each other.
Could be that the redshift data is right and they are far apart to us, but in their location of space/time (reference frame) distance is a little screwy (a lot shorter) between them.

More scientist seem to be interested in discrediting him than finding a reason for the interaction observed in his photographs of close galaxy and distant quasar gravitational interactions.

[Lx]

Well, after doing some light math in my head, I disagree and I'll show my work:

Now I'm having flashbacks from calculus and there's no way I could work those problems out on a supercomputer, let alone in my head.

It's pretty amazing that Hawking can do things like that in his head. I may not agree with the guy but there's no doubt he's one smart dude.

I stole the equations from Wiki's page on Hawking radiation.

Hawking radiation

No doubt zerO will solve this problem of virtual particles. If they're appearing and then disappearing because the anti and regular matter combine; shouldn't we get some energy out of that along the lines of E=MC²???