Wisconsin | NE Ridger - 1/31/2026 11:51
Leaving side the fact that fusion power has been a couple decades away for half a century, this wouldn't be that big of a deal.
The article claims that a fusion plant powering 2.5m homes could produce 5 tons of gold annually.
Assuming that means "million", there are 150 million homes in the US. 60 such plants could supply power to every home in America while producing 300 tons of gold annually.
Current gold mining is producing 3,000-3,500 tons of gold annually.
I don't see it really crashing the market, and that assumes that it actually yields as well as theory suggests.
Normally, that doesn't happen.
Yes, I saw "GOLD" and skimmed right over the fission/fusion thing...
Not all power in the US is consumed by homes, that's just a journalists measure of power plant output. There could be that much produced with fusion being just a part of the power generation mix. 300tons annually is double the current US production, so would not make us all eat off gold plates, but it would deflate the value as it would show there was a nearly endless supply going forward.
BRICS never tied their currencies to gold. That was laughable when Russia made claims of that sort, and it would be even more laughable now.
Edited by junk fun 1/31/2026 14:38
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Lab Grown Gold??
