> It is also why there is so much iron as it is kind of the base state of both of these reactions. I always thought this is the interesting takeaway, both fusi

> It is also why there is so much iron as it is kind of the base state of both of these reactions. I always thought this is the interesting takeaway, both fusion and fission funnel their constituent matter towards iron, as the final stable state of matter. Far future civilizations will have a lot of iron on their hands.