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[mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason Resch
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:33 PM
To: Everything List
Subject: Re: Nuclear power
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Richard Ruquist <yann...@gmail.com> wrote:
Stars are essentially fusion bombs and stars can explode.
I like the analogy that stars are essentially just giant compost heaps. The
levels of energy production in the core of the sun is quite low on a
per-volume basis: a few hundred watts per cubic meter. On the same order as
your own biological metabolism (and not much greater than that of a compost
heap). It is only by virtue of the huge volume of a star that it produces
large quantities of energy, but all the energy of a cubic meter of stellar
core would be just enough to run a TV or a computer.
Very interesting; never considered it that way. Thanks for sharing.
So if a star is a compost heap, does that make a black hole the swirling
flush of a cosmic toilet?
I know. pretty much, a non-sequitur, but such is life :)
Chris
Jason
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