On: Solar panels are starting to die, leaving behind toxic trash

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Anything organic.

Apply as much energy, heat and oxygen you want to mercury and it’s still mercury.

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You can bombard it with neutrons to produce (radioactive) gold, though.

https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.60.473 (1941)

[mensetmanusman → toast0]

Haha, was going to post this as well, but thought it was too snarky :)

So few people know that the alchemists ended up being correct. (they just didn’t have enough energy at their disposal!)

[samatman → toast0]

Hey, clean baseline energy and mercury upcycling in one nuclear power plant? What's not to love!