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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