An interesting thought crossed my mind when reading about Hawkings' apparent horizon theory.
If we assume that event horizons do actually exist, it would seem that black holes violate basic laws of physics. My (limited) understanding is that in traditional black holes, the event horizon is the place at which nothing, not even light, can escape falling into the singularity. I also believe that I have learned that for something other than light to travel at the speed of light, an infinite amount of energy would be required.
Therefore, since a traditional event horizon is defined as the so-called "point of no return," wouldn't an infinite amount of energy be exerted at the event horizon? If light itself cannot escape, that would seem to mean that the gravitational force would be at least equal to the speed of light, and wouldn't that require infinite energy?
