What do you mean "no one". There is a wikihow guide on this: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gold-from-Mercury
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darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
wait how has noone thought of this?
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
octoperson@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Step two is fiddly
Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe
Zehzin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah they didn’t have tweezers back then
RandomStickman@kbin.social 1 year ago
Don't be daft, of course they have tweezers back then.
They don't have plastic yet.
LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.
darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can make gold from hydrogen too! Just gotta put enough of it into one place so it forms a large star, then wait for it to go supernova.
eating3645@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain’t cheap!
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Zircon-encrusted
swab148@startrek.website 1 year ago
Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah but it would cost more and take an exorbitant amount of time (like billions of years) to produce anything of value, let alone profit.
Fleur__@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness
darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
just hold your breath ???
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yeah I think there was some folks who thought about splitting the atom right? I forget who.
Anyway, now I am become wealth, buyer of worlds.