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From: royt@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy M. Turner)
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Subject: Re: What an advanced race would come far to get...
Message-ID: <549@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 11:48:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 11:48:31 1985
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Reply-To: royt@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy M. Turner)
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In article <1255@uwmacc.UUCP> oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious oyster) writes:
>In article <467@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>>
>>Even more directly, water is made from hydrogen and oxygen, which are two
>>of the most common elements in the universe.  It takes a lot less energy
>>to make water than it does to cross interstellar space.
>
>   I'd like to see some test results to back that statement up.


I don't know about the statement of hydrogen and oxygen being the most common
(hydrogen is *the* most common, but oxygen's quantity escapes me), but as to
the statement of it taking less energy to make water than it does to cross
interstellar space, here's a simple experiment for you:
   Take *any* quantity of a mixture of 2 volumes H2 and 1 volume O2 (at same
pressure), put in same vessel.  Introduce a spark.  You (or more than likely
your next of kin, since the explosion would be lots of fun) would end up with
water in your tank, pure and simple.  How's that for a great return on your
investment!

Roy


-- 
The above opinions aren't necessarily those of etc, etc...but they
should be!!

Roy Turner
(a transplanted Kentucky hillbilly)
School of Information and Computer Science
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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