[Article] Marathon Fusion says it can produce gold as fusion reactor byproduct (newatlas.com)

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The dream of the ancient alchemists may come true as Marathon Fusion announces that its tokamak fusion reactor technology can turn common mercury into gold as a byproduct of fusion operations in quantities that would make Auric Goldfinger blush.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

but five tonnes of gold out from mercury for every gigawatt (~2.5 GWth) of electricity generated.

They are gonna spend more time carting away gold than generating electricity. If this is real, and I have my uneducated doubts, why would they tell anyone about it? They will be wildly rich with such a proven gold generation source.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Easier to get investors to just throw money at you than to actually make the product.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thats exactly my point, fleece the investors, and it doesnt matter if the tech works or not.

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