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[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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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't know why you got downvoted, this is genuinely the most likely reason. If they had proven this technology, they could fund themselves. Right now they just have a hypothesis

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Because Lemmy has that single person that downvotes everything. They probably think it's their "cool thing" and we're all wondering who it is and are always talking about them, but no one notices. It's just normal to see a single downvote when there's many upvotes.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

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