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Fusion is not just another way to power our lightbulbs it's a completely different kind of energy. Two unique properties of energy density like Fusion. 1. The
by ThomPete 3y ago
Fusion is not just another way to power our lightbulbs it's a completely different kind of energy.
Two unique properties of energy density like Fusion.
1. The ability to hit 10% of the speed of light in space
2. The ability to create fundamental elements like gold, silver etc.
Another good example of the fact that there are no scarcity of resources only scarcity of knowledge. Resources are created not found.
Edit: Why am I being downvoted?
- tasty_freeze 3y agoFusion releases energy when producing items lighter than iron. It requires energy to create atoms heavier than iron via fusion. It would cost huge amounts of money to produce an ounce of silver or gold that way.
- xenonite 3y agoHowever, the gold standard is no more.
- ThomPete 3y agoI am not talking about tomorrow. I am talking about the potential of what you can do with the energy density.
- nradov 3y agoRegardless of energy density, creating gold in a fusion reactor will still be more expensive than digging it out of the ground. We are far from exhausting that natural resource.
- ThomPete 3y agoAgain yes, but that's not the point. The point is you can't do that with any other energy source.
- HappySweeney 3y agoSeeing as the only known way the universe makes the stable isotope of gold is through colliding neutron stars, I doubt you can do that with fusion either.
- ThomPete 3y agoWell you can.