This was the Thunderbird shaped just like a horizontal V2 rocket and virtually identical to the 1963 T-bird featured as the flying car in the remake of Flubber. The car accelerated like greased lightning and could run rings around the Chevy. The difference between the two cars was highlighted by the difference in fuel consumption. The powerful T-bird guzzled it, while the Chevy merely sipped leisurely. Different rates of fuel consumption also characterize how energy is generated in stars and how different elements get into the cosmos.
Stars make energy by nuclear fusion.
This energy eventually rises through the stars' surfaces and escapes as starlight and other radiation. Energy is only created where the overlying matter provides enough pressure to heat the star to about 10 million degrees kelvin. At or above such temperatures, various nuclei can be forced close enough together to bond or fuse, releasing energy and forming heavier elements. For example, hydrogen fuses into helium, and helium fuses into carbon. The sun shines due to energy created by hydrogen fusion.