Say energy is truly too cheap to meter (through nuclear fusion or whatever), and so alchemy becomes practical in reactors. What might we do if rhodium (or palladium or whatever) could be made as prevalent as we wanted?
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Is it fair to simplify as, "if we had near free, sustainable* energy?"
Huge bump in computational output, manufacturing/production, faster + continuous + extended transit options, paradigm shift in agriculture (e.g. UV lights), shipping (e.g. water, food)
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Yes, all those things—but I'm asking specifically about transmutation! What would we *do* with a surfeit of currently-rare elements?
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We could probably 3d print and extrude some truly magical creations, print the equivalent of roads or optical cable... How sophisticated are the reactors? Perhaps they could be adopted for biological printing as well.
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Is it realistic to ask what if very rare metals like palladium became cheap & plentiful due to affordable asteroid mining? A kind of asteroid called an achondrite is rich in metals such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium & platinum. Transmutation not needed.
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