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I'm watching 'Ghostbusters 2" again (which kind of sucks) but Spengler said that the proton packs have power cells with a half life of 5,000 years. How is that possible?
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Because they're, oh I don't know, nuclear powered perhaps?
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Ooohhhhh, riiiiight. I haven't seen these movies in a long ass time.
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well U235(most common Nuclear fuel) has half life of 7E8 years (if not used).
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Superman wrote:I'm watching 'Ghostbusters 2" again (which kind of sucks) but Spengler said that the proton packs have power cells with a half life of 5,000 years. How is that possible?
It's stated in the first one that they're "unlicensed nuclear accellerators" so as well as being particle accellerators (positron colliders, according to Venkman) they appear to have a nuclear power generator involved somewhere too. Godless only knows where Egon got the stuff from.
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Rye wrote:. Godless only knows where Egon got the stuff from.
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Rye wrote: Godless only knows where Egon got the stuff from.
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DPDarkPrimus wrote: From Doc.
Does that mean the Libyans will be pissed off at the Ghostbusters too? They'd better sleep with a gun under the pillow then.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote: From Doc.
Does that mean the Libyans will be pissed off at the Ghostbusters too? They'd better sleep with a gun under the pillow then.
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They've also been spending way too much time playing pinball the past few years.
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Superman wrote:I'm watching 'Ghostbusters 2" again (which kind of sucks) but Spengler said that the proton packs have power cells with a half life of 5,000 years. How is that possible?
It's possible because the screenwriter said it was possible. Duh.

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