1.   A thermonuclear bomb fired with the element of deuterium is theoretically capable of being designed to go on to the nth power.

2.   Each fragment triggered explosions with the energy of more than a million thermonuclear bombs.

3.   Explosions of thermonuclear bombs, however, do emit copious gamma rays into the atmosphere.

4.   Some estimates put each one as equal to more than a million thermonuclear bombs.

5.   The fruit of that collaboration, which became known as the Teller-Ulam configuration, overcame the last major obstacle to producing a deliverable thermonuclear bomb.

6.   The Internet was designed by American scientists to ensure that the military had a way to communicate when the nation was being pummeled by thermonuclear bombs.

7.   The most transforming technology emerging from the atomic era was the thermonuclear bomb, with peaceful applications of nuclear energy a distant second.

8.   Therefore, we call upon you to assist us now, not after we blow this building up like a thermonuclear bomb...