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Re:The origins of 60-Hz as a power frequency by mrlonglong on Sunday February 09, 2025 @05:40AM (#42989829)
Suppose Ag was as cheap as, or even cheaper than Al, would it be more useful?
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Re:The origins of 60-Hz as a power frequency by haneefmubarak on Sunday February 09, 2025 @11:07AM (#42991495)
Sure, we could alloy and/or plate it. You have a source on Ag cheaper than Al you'd like to disclose to the class?
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Re:The origins of 60-Hz as a power frequency by mrlonglong on Sunday February 09, 2025 @11:16AM (#42991554)
Silver and gold could be a lot more useful to society if they weren't so expensive. Plenty of asteroids out there to mine.
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