Like the scientists first assumed in the movie ‘Oppenheimer’.
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It was a “what if” theory like “is LHC is going to create an Earth-destroying black hole”.
Calculations quickly showed this was impossible, and the theory only remained in anti-nuke propaganda. Movie further exaggerates it for cinematic effect.
Igniting the oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere in the assumed way requires more energy than is produced from it burning, so this reaction can’t continue on its own.
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