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Marathon fusion claims to invent alchemy, making 5000 kgs gold per gigawatt (www.marathonfusion.com)
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[โ€“] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Per gigawatt-year.

[โ€“] faebudo 1 points 2 weeks ago

A GWy is 8760 GWh. Cost for nuclear is about 100 USD/MWh So about 876M USD for 5000kg Gold worth 536M USD. This is only for the energy, no raw materials and apparatus.