DIY fusion

[Karlos]

Agafaster wrote:

wouldnt it be nice if there were a reaction that didnt produce them, but produced only charged particles ? ;-)

D + He-3 -> He-4 + H ?

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Pity about Helium 3 being as rare as hens teeth...

[Karlos]

metalman wrote:
@Karlos

rare as hens teeth...

Hens' Teeth Not So Rare After All

Hens Teeth

I was going to say "rocking horse sh*t", but I already have a link for that one :lol:

Helium 3 is pretty damn rare. Short of "gas mining" Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune, you aren't going to get serious commercial quantities of the stuff.

That said, some people think the moon might be a source having been blasted with the solar wind for several billion years...