I don't get what you're trying to say. - Edit 1
Before modification by Fanatic-Templar at 19/03/2012 01:49:05 AM
The left side of this reaction shows four protons and four electrons, basically four hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen is the natural starting point, since most of the matter in the sun (and also the stars) is hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is the simplest element, so it's reasonable to expect that in a primitive state much of the universe would be hydrogen. The endpoint is helium, known to be the second most abundant element in the sun. It is often referred to as "hydrogen burning" to helium, and hydrogen is often called "fuel", but one must understand that the reaction is not burning in the sense of a chemical reaction between a fuel, such as coal or wood, and oxygen. It is a nuclear reaction.
Not quiet the same thing as a fire burning wood and oxygen.
Not quiet the same thing as a fire burning wood and oxygen.
Of course not, the only thing that's quite the same as burning wood and oxygen would be burning wood and oxygen, which is a complete tautology and undermines the very concept of an analogy.