Comment on Startup Claims Its Fusion Reactor Concept Can Turn Cheap Mercury Into Gold
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 days agoLoL, why else would they be publishing a paper on the process rather than buying an absolute ton of mercury and manufacturing gold like mad?
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Because they have to build a full scale reactor first. That’s expensive.
The way this usually works is that you do the research, get a patent on it, license that out, and then capitalists pretend they invented the whole thing themselves and deserve all the profits.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
And fusion doesn’t work yet. May be 20+ years away for 20+ more years.