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[โ€“] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The danger of most things that explode, goes away once they explode.

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends how big they explode

Beyond a certain point, there are explosions that only really start being a problem at the point of explosion

[โ€“] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting that these trees are likely to be fissile?

[โ€“] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

We just can't rule it out