[ThomPete]

Fusion is not just another way to power our lightbulbs it's a completely different kind of energy.

Two unique properties of energy density like Fusion.

1. The ability to hit 10% of the speed of light in space 2. The ability to create fundamental elements like gold, silver etc.

Another good example of the fact that there are no scarcity of resources only scarcity of knowledge. Resources are created not found.

Edit: Why am I being downvoted?

[tasty_freeze]

Fusion releases energy when producing items lighter than iron. It requires energy to create atoms heavier than iron via fusion. It would cost huge amounts of money to produce an ounce of silver or gold that way.

[ThomPete]

I am not talking about tomorrow. I am talking about the potential of what you can do with the energy density.

[nradov]

Regardless of energy density, creating gold in a fusion reactor will still be more expensive than digging it out of the ground. We are far from exhausting that natural resource.

[ThomPete]

Again yes, but that's not the point. The point is you can't do that with any other energy source.

[HappySweeney]

Seeing as the only known way the universe makes the stable isotope of gold is through colliding neutron stars, I doubt you can do that with fusion either.

[ThomPete]

Well you can.

[xenonite]

However, the gold standard is no more.