Comment on Startup Claims Its Fusion Reactor Concept Can Turn Cheap Mercury Into Gold
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThis is a fusion reactor, I’ll believe its making energy instead of consuming it when someone manages to get one to be net energy positive
antler@feddit.online 4 weeks ago
Sure - they're claiming to do two very difficult things simultaneously (net positive fusion and transmute mercury to gold at scale) which makes me even more skeptical. It's like saying "Not only can pigs fly, but we've taught them to simultaneously do calculus."