XPost: sci.physics.relativity, alt.usage.english   
   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 13/04/2025 11:54, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 13/04/25 19:50, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   >> On 13/04/2025 09:15, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >>> On 11/04/25 13:57, Bertitaylor wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Pushing protons past neutrons to get deuterium, then bombarding   
   >>>> it with high energy electrons to fission it as is done in the   
   >>>> sun   
   >>>> and stars, will work to solve energy problems.   
   >>>   
   >>> You understand, I assume, that all the stars will go dark if   
   >>> E=mc^2   
   >>> ever fails to be true. Fission depends critically on mass-energy   
   >>> equivalence.   
   >>   
   >> You understand, I assume, that all the stars will go dark if they   
   >> ever come to depend upon fission? Stars depend critically upon   
   >> fusion.   
   >   
   > Oops. I swear I had fusion in mind when I wrote that, but my fingers   
   > must have had a different opinion.   
      
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