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I don't get what you're trying to say. Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 19/03/2012 01:48:46 AM
The left side of this reaction shows four protons and four electrons, basically four hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen is the natural starting point, since most of the matter in the sun (and also the stars) is hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is the simplest element, so it's reasonable to expect that in a primitive state much of the universe would be hydrogen. The endpoint is helium, known to be the second most abundant element in the sun. It is often referred to as "hydrogen burning" to helium, and hydrogen is often called "fuel", but one must understand that the reaction is not burning in the sense of a chemical reaction between a fuel, such as coal or wood, and oxygen. It is a nuclear reaction.


Not quiet the same thing as a fire burning wood and oxygen.


Of course not, the only thing that's quite the same as burning wood and oxygen would be burning wood and oxygen, which is a complete tautology and undermines the very concept of an analogy.
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Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. beetnemesis - 14/02/2012 07:56:14 PM 1280 Views
Yeah, an absolute is an absolute. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 14/02/2012 08:00:56 PM 351 Views
Well not absolute... large doses of "evil" over an extended period of time makes it crumble *NM* Iceman - 14/02/2012 09:51:30 PM 356 Views
obviously Rand's been going about htis all wrong, then LadyLorraine - 14/02/2012 10:08:48 PM 869 Views
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And Praziquantel - 17/02/2012 04:28:36 PM 768 Views
Re: Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. Gerbeaud - 17/02/2012 04:32:51 PM 701 Views
Simple answer to this is the conservation of energy. Onarishma - 23/02/2012 07:09:19 PM 768 Views
Yeah, I like this one the best Marshall - 16/03/2012 06:49:11 PM 812 Views
Well, all that energy of the eternally burning sun has to go somewhere *NM* Lohikaarme - 16/03/2012 11:21:36 PM 341 Views
I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 01:42:55 AM 329 Views
Theoretically the Sun will burn out darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 04:38:35 PM 805 Views
Not in WoT it won't. Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 05:18:24 PM 742 Views
All that means is time doesn't move forward in WOT meaning there is no change darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 07:36:45 PM 782 Views
How so? Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:08:20 AM 741 Views
The link I attached discussed how our sun burns and it's estimated life time darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 02:07:06 PM 731 Views
Yes, speaking of that link... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 05:59:31 PM 708 Views
Keep reading darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 11:13:16 PM 660 Views
I don't get what you're trying to say. Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 01:48:46 AM 706 Views
Doesn't matter ... As you said earlier it's an irrelevant point anyway. darius_sedai - 19/03/2012 03:26:04 AM 630 Views
As you wish. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 03:27:39 AM 288 Views
Re: I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? Sidious - 17/03/2012 07:39:30 PM 743 Views
Yeah, probably. Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:10:12 AM 654 Views
except energy doesn't usually convert to matter, does it? LadyLorraine - 17/03/2012 07:48:24 AM 860 Views
This is what best explains everything... DomA - 17/03/2012 02:53:02 PM 764 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 17/03/2012 03:28:24 PM 826 Views
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