dave- I didn’t elevate it- as lech pointed out, atomic weapons are nuclear weapons. The rest of the world understands that important point. Do you honestly think dropping a Fat Man or Little Boy today would be any more acceptable than a modern fusion bomb? You’re playing semantics. They are, in everyday vernacular, used interchangeably. Don’t blame me for your lack of clarity.
Addendum (having refreshed my memory with a brief google search):
In a “hydrogen” bomb there is a fusion reaction. I believe, however (going back to memory), that the fusion reaction serves primarily to boost the efficiency of the fission reaction, and that relatively little of the energy released by the weapon as a whole is attributable directly to the fusion reaction.
Dave, I wasn’t aware of that. But that’s not to say it isn’t in there. One big deal in natural gas that has come up is that a couple of companies are trying to gear up to start exporting natural gas in the form of LNG. Cheniere and Macquarie — I think if that happens it is pretty supportive to the market. I bet etson knows about the bill……
lechacal, to some extent, yes, but the matter they used in WWII is different, and far less powerful, than what’s referrred to as nuclear today. cf the extent of fallout and the type…i.e. nonradioactive as in nuclear that we know of today.
The bombs are different. And that was my original point in not saying “nuclear” which is what bxgrl elevated it to.
There are no fusion bombs. Only fission bombs. A fission bomb that is “boosted” with tritium to increase yield is referred to, mostly wrongly, as a “hydrogen bomb.”
DIBS, I’m sorry my honest Republican friend, but I’m going to rule against you on atomic vs. nuclear. Atomic weapons are nuclear weapons and vice versa.
A hydrogen bomb isn’t even really a hydrogen bomb. It’s just a uranium fission bomb with a tritium kicker to make it more efficient.
Yes, donatella, a lot of LNG stocks have started to move. We can talk about some tomorrow.
dave- I didn’t elevate it- as lech pointed out, atomic weapons are nuclear weapons. The rest of the world understands that important point. Do you honestly think dropping a Fat Man or Little Boy today would be any more acceptable than a modern fusion bomb? You’re playing semantics. They are, in everyday vernacular, used interchangeably. Don’t blame me for your lack of clarity.
Addendum (having refreshed my memory with a brief google search):
In a “hydrogen” bomb there is a fusion reaction. I believe, however (going back to memory), that the fusion reaction serves primarily to boost the efficiency of the fission reaction, and that relatively little of the energy released by the weapon as a whole is attributable directly to the fusion reaction.
Dave, I wasn’t aware of that. But that’s not to say it isn’t in there. One big deal in natural gas that has come up is that a couple of companies are trying to gear up to start exporting natural gas in the form of LNG. Cheniere and Macquarie — I think if that happens it is pretty supportive to the market. I bet etson knows about the bill……
Japan would not be a livable country today if we went nuclear on them, which we didn’t because the technology was not that advanced
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lechacal, to some extent, yes, but the matter they used in WWII is different, and far less powerful, than what’s referrred to as nuclear today. cf the extent of fallout and the type…i.e. nonradioactive as in nuclear that we know of today.
The bombs are different. And that was my original point in not saying “nuclear” which is what bxgrl elevated it to.
There are no fusion bombs. Only fission bombs. A fission bomb that is “boosted” with tritium to increase yield is referred to, mostly wrongly, as a “hydrogen bomb.”
DIBS, I’m sorry my honest Republican friend, but I’m going to rule against you on atomic vs. nuclear. Atomic weapons are nuclear weapons and vice versa.
A hydrogen bomb isn’t even really a hydrogen bomb. It’s just a uranium fission bomb with a tritium kicker to make it more efficient.