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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: xkcd: Helium Synthesis
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xkcd: Helium Synthesis
    https://www.xkcd.com/2972/

Um, look up in the sky sometime during daylight.  That big glowing thing 
in the sky is about 73% hydrogen, 25% helium, and 2% other stuff by 
mass.  It is a fusion nuclear reactor, fusing hydrogen into helium. 
Lots and lots of helium, creating 596 million tons of helium from 600 
million tons of hydrogen per second.  The other 4 million tons of 
hydrogen is converted to energy, the light coming from Sol that keeps us 
warm on Earth.

I am wondering when the government will start trying to regulate Sol. 
The time is coming.  They want to regulate everything else like grocery 
stores now.

Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2972:_Helium_Synthesis

Lynn