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meric
on Nov 29, 2016
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‘Diamond-age’ of power generation as nuclear batte...
But if it's for interstellar probes, we could use just carbon-14 and keep the diamond...? Unless we're wrapping it in a diamond to protect the electronics.
kobeya
on Nov 29, 2016
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The diamond is the carbon-14.
meric
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I would love to place my comment in a block of coal right now and then set the coal on fire.
jonathankoren
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would that be a block of C-14 coal? Dirty power! Dirty bomb!
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