Andrew A. Skolnick wrote in message <37853CDC.5EC at mindspring.com>...
:Gene Douglas wrote:
:>
:> How about: The sprouted group has absorbed nitrogen and CO2 from the
:> atmosphere, which becomes a part of its chemistry?
:> At any rate, if two atoms had been fused into a heavier element, they
:> wouldn't weigh any more than the same two atoms separately.
:
:Actually, it would weigh slightly less. In fusing, some of the mass of
:the two atoms is converted to a huge amount of energy that would be
:released in the fusion process.
:
:-Andrew Skolnick
:http://nasw.org/users/ASkolnick
I suppose if a plant needed to keep warm, setting up a nuclear reaction
would be the way to do it.
