swansont
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the sun explosion in 5 billion years
Even if this were the solution, the answer would be “no” the sun’s mass is 2 x 10^30 kg, and largely hydrogen. The earth’s mass is 6 x 10^24 kg, and only a tiny fraction of that mass is hydrogen. So where would you get enough hydrogen to make any noticeable difference?
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
Then break it down into individual steps, because you are introducing multiple hypotheses, each of which needs to be examined. There’s way too much to discuss in a single thread. Example 1: muonic hydrogen fusion is difficult to show even under laboratory conditions, where you are forming muonium with a minimum number of parasitic reactions and can exert maximum control over the conditions. You need to show this can happen out in nature, either by a detailed assessment of the factors that affect it, or by showing it actually happens (as with Oklo for fission) More detail everywhere. Saying some physical process releases power does not in any way guarantee enough energy will be available for some specific nuclear reaction. A Terawatt sounds big, but Avogadro’s number is also big. Very big.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
You can provide the evidence requested.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
You’re speaking of this as if it’s been observed. Provide experimental evidence of it.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
That’s not what I asked. I asked about muon catalysis. The main problem I see is you are assuming that you can daisy-chain multiple phenomena together because the descriptions use similar wording. Such as one instance of forming a plasma, and some other process requiring a plasma. But the circumstances are not identical, so they can’t be blindly equated. Fusing muonium in a plasma doesn’t mean the same will happen with aluminum dioxide. Each step you link in your proposal is a speculation unto itself.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
OK, in rocks. Same question. Under what conditions? Are these conditions even remotely similar to what you propose? Energy is conserved, and spontaneous reactions release energy.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
Muon catalysis occurring in magma has experimental confirmation?
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
I already posted a link to more recent report regarding this issue, and nothing about the research suggests the proton changes size.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
Yes This is what needs to be shown. You have yet to provide a citation for this assertion And you need to do more than assert this. ! Moderator Note I didn’t read it at all. I reiterate: You need to post whatever you wish to discuss. Dubious assertion.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
! Moderator Note The OP is proposing muonium fusion; — — — in such a conjecture the OP should be able to discuss the points raised in the several responses above (temperature required, available density of protons, rates of formation, limitations of the muon lifetime, etc., and not just a handwave of lots energy being released in “hydraulic shock” These issues, and more, are why this is in speculations.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
Your proposal is more than these bits, and if there is experimental evidence that the proton radius changes, let’s have it. (Note that the differences in measured values is not evidence that the value changes. More recent results seem to have resolved this issue.) https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.1.20191106a/full/ You might want to rethink this approach.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
Find me this model in a textbook, showing that it’s mainstream science, and I will.
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Magma as a generator of plasma and thermonuclear fusion in the bowels of the Earth
! Moderator Note You need to post an abstract and whatever you wish to discuss.
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Banned/Suspended Users
molbol2000 has been banned for violations of our rules against slurs, making bad-faith arguments and soapboxing
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Chronic Pain
! Moderator Note Recent posts. Sprinter vs marathon runner and max heart rate, specifically, but playing through an injury isn’t strongly connected, either. Please stay on topic.
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Chronic Pain
! Moderator Note The connection of recent posts to chronic pain is...?
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How Strong the Earth's Gravitational Attraction Really Is?
In a Newtonian world, it’s a force. But, as with basically all physics, when you dive deeper you find that the simple models aren’t quite true.
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SteveKlinko banned for ignoring repeated warnings about not opening new threads based on his pet theory.
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How Strong the Earth's Gravitational Attraction Really Is?
We can measure the strength of these interactions, and people have done so. As Eise points out, you discuss movement, not forces, and nothing about quantifying the strength, which is necessary to answer your question.
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My Ideas for New Scientific Theories-What do YOU Think?
! Moderator Note We prefer it if you post the ideas (it’s more accessible and easier to quote portions to give feedback), and at least an abstract (a summary that highlights the idea and important results).
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The Red Wide-Open Spaces of the USA
My takes is that a certain group didn’t like her, and they sorted through the negative descriptions to come up with a justification why. This happens a lot, when one side decries the other for something, but are mum when their side engages in the same behavior. But 40% (or more) weren’t going to vote for her regardless, because they would never vote for a democrat, and all of this is moot in regard to those voters. Nothing was going to sway them.
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The Red Wide-Open Spaces of the USA
Has this actually ever been quantified? The literal definition includes depriving someone of the right to vote. But it’s not like this wasn’t known about him before the election. Without actual data to show how many people this applies to, it sounds just like the rural voter/“real American” issue, and being used as a narrative tp cover up racist backlash and misogyny.
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The Red Wide-Open Spaces of the USA
Not important. I doubt a lot of 2016 Trump voters engaged in BLM protests, and I think even more people were literally disenfranchised in the 2016 election. And the ones who were motivated by sincerely expecting the swamp to be drained weren’t the ones that were called deplorables.
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The Red Wide-Open Spaces of the USA
People who voted the other way (or wanted to) were not disenfranchised? People have literally been disenfranchised, and it’s primarily not people who voted for Trump. Or dissatisfied with the status quo? I think the BLM protests dump a whole lot of cold water on the idea that it’s just Trump supporters who want long-standing practices to change. - - - Anyway, back on the topic of rural voters There’s a quasi-romantic notion that there are a whole host of them, and there quite literally aren’t. The rural population of the US is under 15%. Why should they be listened to with any greater weight than any other group of similar size (or larger)? https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/05/22/demographic-and-economic-trends-in-urban-suburban-and-rural-communities/ (and since rural population is predominantly white, many politicians use this as a racist dog whistle)