Of course, the flaw in that whole "Turn Lead into Gold idea is that, if anyone ever Succeeded, Gold would soon be worth a Lot Less than Lead because, once all the Lead has been turned into Gold, people would discover all sorts of places where a bit of Lead would be very Useful while Gold would not..As a for instance, if you are in the business of making Crystal, lead is a necessary ingredient.Gold, OTOH, turns the glass a rather nice shade of Ruby Red. Valuable in itself, but if the request was for a Clear Crystal, you’d soon be wishing for some of that Gold to be turned Back into Lead.
Of course, the flaw in that whole "Turn Lead into Gold idea is that, if anyone ever Succeeded, Gold would soon be worth a Lot Less than Lead because, once all the Lead has been turned into Gold, people would discover all sorts of places where a bit of Lead would be very Useful while Gold would not..As a for instance, if you are in the business of making Crystal, lead is a necessary ingredient.Gold, OTOH, turns the glass a rather nice shade of Ruby Red. Valuable in itself, but if the request was for a Clear Crystal, you’d soon be wishing for some of that Gold to be turned Back into Lead.