So helium is a limited resource. Okay gotcha. So why not take two hydrogen atoms. Take their protons and neutrons. And just fucking start squeezing them together until you get helium?

And I don’t mean in the same way you get H2. Those are still separate from each other.

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    Is the LHC trying to do this? I know it smashes atoms together at high speeds, is this us trying to “squeeze” the atoms together like the sun does? Or is the LHC is completely unrelated to OP’s question?

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      8 months ago

      Not really, but another massive international project, ITER, is trying to do this. Its timeline is measured in decades if not the better part of a century.

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      I’m kinda pulling this out of my ass so I’d appreciate if someone can deny/confirm this.

      I believe the LHC smashes particles to destroy them, to detect particles smaller than neutrons/protons/electrons, such as quarks.