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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: big bangs / ultimate problems (Monopoles)
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Date: Sat, 12-May-84 21:32:45 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 12 21:32:45 1984
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Yes, monopoles would catalyze baryon decay, giving about 100 times the
efficiency of fusion, but to get a usable rate of interaction you would
need to compress your fuel to the density of a white dwarf or thereabouts!

Keep thinking though.  If we don't solve the energy problem pretty soon we
will have to go back to brushing our teeth by hand.                    :^}
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