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Originally Posted by red-beard
ON the topic of Fusion, I've also wondered if we're going after the wrong reaction. Oxygen-16 is the most stable element. Why don't we try to fuse Nitrogen-15 and Hydrogen or Nitrogen 14 and Duterium together?
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bigger bits take more input energy to fuse
and I think give off less energy in return too
or a double problem for cheap energy
also I think most fusion joins two like mass same elements
as there maybe a energy penalty both in put and out to a unlike mass reaction
most stars take a long time to fuse H to He
but once the H is used up the process takes less time
for each mass increase
btw the most stable is iron it only fuses in a supernova