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>Transforming the base metal lead into the precious metal gold was a dream of medieval alchemists. This long-standing quest, known as chrysopoeia, may have been motivated by the observation that dull grey, relatively abundant lead is of a similar density to gold, which has long been coveted for its beautiful colour and rarity. It was only much later that it became clear that lead and gold are distinct chemical elements and that chemical methods are powerless to transmute one into the other.

Archive: https://archive.today/9K7Li From the post: >>Transforming the base metal lead into the precious metal gold was a dream of medieval alchemists. This long-standing quest, known as chrysopoeia, may have been motivated by the observation that dull grey, relatively abundant lead is of a similar density to gold, which has long been coveted for its beautiful colour and rarity. It was only much later that it became clear that lead and gold are distinct chemical elements and that chemical methods are powerless to transmute one into the other.

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at the cost of 10 million a microgram they create gold now the deduct the cost of energy and maintenance and they are a trillion in the hole per gram. We need to get out of that money pit since they want to build a bigger one let the scientist pitch in their own cash to do this bullshit science since nothing that a regular person can use has been produced.