The Complexity of Solar Energy

Most of our sun’s energy does not come from the release of energy that occurs when hydrogen fuses to create helium.  That’s part of the story but it doesn’t produce most of the solar energy released.  Other reactions produce most of the sun’s energy.  Ethan Siegel explains this quirky series of high temperature chemical transactions in a recent Forbes opinion piece at:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/05/the-suns-energy-doesnt-come-from-fusing-hydrogen-into-helium-mostly/#39bb4fee70f9