From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <406e1635$0$436$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,   
   Keith Harwood   wrote:   
   >> ...The other reactions in the proton-proton chain are not exactly   
   >> speed demons either...   
   >   
   >What happened to the old carbon cycle? Last I heard it only mattered in   
   >stars smaller than the sun, but I never found out why?   
      
   Contrariwise, if I'm remembering correctly -- it is significant only in   
   big stars, because normal-sized stars don't get hot enough for it to   
   proceed at a significant rate.   
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