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Politics : Peak Oil reality or Myth, of an out of Control System

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From: dvdw©7/1/2015 5:33:04 PM
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Nice article on Nucleation.

forbes.com

Outtake as lead in:
The Only Three Heavy Elements In The Universe That Aren't Made In Stars

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Immediately after the Big Bang, before the first stars in the Universe ever formed, the Universe consisted of hydrogen (element #1), helium (element #2), and pretty much nothing else. Despite originating from an incredibly hot, dense state, arbitrarily heavy elements weren’t created early on the same way they’re made today in stars. Despite being hot enough to make pretty much anything, the early Universe makes almost nothing for one simple reason: if it was hot-and-dense enough to fuse elements together in the very early stages, it was also hot enough to blast those composite elements apart again.
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