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Why can the sun not be powered by a process such as the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen to form water?
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∙ 14y ago
Such a process would produce much, much less energy than nuclear reactions; the Sun would not be able to shine for billions of years, and producing the amount of energy it produces.
Such a process would produce much, much less energy than nuclear reactions; the Sun would not be able to shine for billions of years, and producing the amount of energy it produces.
Such a process would produce much, much less energy than nuclear reactions; the Sun would not be able to shine for billions of years, and producing the amount of energy it produces.
Such a process would produce much, much less energy than nuclear reactions; the Sun would not be able to shine for billions of years, and producing the amount of energy it produces.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoIf enough primordial oxygen ... nicely mixed with hydrogen ... could ever collect in one place,
then that would certainly be an option.
But you'd never know about it. That process would produce only a small fraction of the energy per kilogram
that the sun delivers, and a ball of that stuff the size of the sun would finish up and become a ball of water
after only a few thousand years.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoSuch a process would produce much, much less energy than nuclear reactions; the Sun would not be able to shine for billions of years, and producing the amount of energy it produces.
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