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But given that the atoms of these elements need to be manufactured with a high energy cost, using them to manufacture pure materials would be prohibitively expe
by ovi256 17y ago
But given that the atoms of these elements need to be manufactured with a high energy cost, using them to manufacture pure materials would be prohibitively expensive. As in, physically prohibitive : we would need Kardashev level 1 energy to manufacture macroscopic amounts. I could see an use as dopants though : this would require minuscule amounts of these elements, but it would still be amazingly expensive.
- ars 17y agoYou got downmodded (I think) because it's way way too early to worry about how much energy they take to make. Lets first make them - for all me know by the time we manage it, fusion reactors will be cheap. But I bumped you back up since I don't think your comment deserves a zero.