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[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 5 months ago (54 children)

I can't wait for the billionaires to increase our power bills for this.

Yes yes I know it would be cheaper, but billionaires are going to charge more money even though it's costing them less.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

You gotta make up for the research costs.

[–] neeshie@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Is this experiment not govt funded?

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

Has that ever stopped them before?

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Yup. To be fair, they never specified who was actually responsible for the cost of research. US pharma companies do that all the time - the majority of pharmaceutical research is heavily subsidized so, their just double-dipping.

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

In that case, got to pay those lobbyists.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago

government what

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