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9 hours ago, Rod Johnson said:

If methane could be driven to a fusion reaction could Neptune be turned into a sun?

If momo farted through his dick the inside of Uranus could be turned into a sun!!!

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1 minute ago, NaturallyAspirated said:

Methane (Carbon and Hydrogen) are both able to be fused in stars.

Neptune doesn't have the mass necessary to start fusion, thus the answer is no.

Neal

Prob just need to think outside the box 

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Just now, Rod Johnson said:

Just need a particle accelerator to get it started 

It won't sustain, the elements do not exist in sufficient density to fuse.  

You could perhaps collapse the planet to a sufficient density, but that would take similar energy to what the fusion would generate.

At present density the planet would not sustain.

Neal

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Just now, NaturallyAspirated said:

It won't sustain, the elements do not exist in sufficient density to fuse.  

You could perhaps collapse the planet to a sufficient density, but that would take similar energy to what the fusion would generate.

At present density the planet would not sustain.

Neal

Smudgey :owned:

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1 minute ago, NaturallyAspirated said:

It won't sustain, the elements do not exist in sufficient density to fuse.  

You could perhaps collapse the planet to a sufficient density, but that would take similar energy to what the fusion would generate.

At present density the planet would not sustain.

Neal

If you could collapse it’s density enough to sustain fusion and used that energy to keep it compressed then in theory it could sustain fusion 

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5 minutes ago, Rod Johnson said:

If you could collapse it’s density enough to sustain fusion and used that energy to keep it compressed then in theory it could sustain fusion 

Indeed, however at present mass per volume it isn't able to sustain fusion.

One can, in theory collapse any volume of those fusable elements to generate fusion.  The net gain/loss may not make it sensible however.  Such is the case for compacting one of our outter gas planets.  

Neal

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5 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said:

Indeed, however at present mass per volume it isn't able to sustain fusion.

One can, in theory collapse any volume of those fusable elements to generate fusion.  The net gain/loss may not make it sensible however.  Such is the case for compacting one of our outter gas planets.  

Neal

Sensible no but possible yes 

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14 minutes ago, Rod Johnson said:

If you could collapse it’s density enough to sustain fusion and used that energy to keep it compressed then in theory it could sustain fusion 

Also, the compression of the material would, one could argue, would no longer constitute it as the planet, but something else, as it would under go massive changes.

Neal

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