The Gold Bug

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The Gold Bug

ER — 5/26/2009 12:18:05 AM (archived)

Wouldn't suddenly introducing a few hundred tonnes of gold into the world commodities market drive prices way down?

Also, does gold have sufficient industrial uses that it would be worthwhile mining it for other than bullion or jewelry?

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10 things about planets - Raoul - 5/24/2009 6:35:41 PM
- I'll give it a shot - Ainz - 5/28/2009 11:55:59 PM
  - water worlds - FrankC - 5/29/2009 4:36:29 AM
  - re: I'll give it a shot - lance - 5/29/2009 2:56:41 AM
- How many times did life originate on Earth? - phil - 5/27/2009 1:43:47 PM
  - But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960 - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 3:33:03 PM
    - re: But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960 - phil - 5/27/2009 4:31:37 PM
      - Money isn't everything - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 4:56:36 PM
- Cool list! Here's mine - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 5:01:19 AM
  - A couple of answers - TB - 5/25/2009 4:28:01 PM
    - I'd like to see your article. - podrock - 5/26/2009 1:13:33 AM
      - I loaded JPGs into Flickr - TB - 5/26/2009 3:22:27 AM
        
        re: I loaded JPGs into Flickr - gbaikie - 5/28/2009 8:49:46 AM
        
        Thanks TB - podrock - 5/26/2009 8:32:18 PM
        
        Elemental separation in zero G - Nick Hoffman - 5/27/2009 12:36:18 AM
        
        Two birds with lots of rocks? - podrock - 5/27/2009 2:29:21 AM
        
        Not if the buckets are attached to the asteroid in some way. - TB - 5/27/2009 3:56:15 AM
        
        re: Elemental separation in zero G - gbaikie - 5/27/2009 2:13:11 AM
        
        A magnetic or electrostatic field can take the place of gravity. - ER - 5/27/2009 2:23:54 AM
    - re: A couple of answers - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 12:51:08 AM
    - Very impressive potential - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 5:47:26 PM
      - 1986DA - TB - 5/25/2009 8:16:52 PM
        
        re: 1986DA - 20m miles from earth at closest - Buck Galaxy - 5/28/2009 3:46:34 AM
        
        re: 1986DA - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 11:21:30 PM
        
        Leave it in Space - podrock - 5/26/2009 12:25:07 AM
        
        re: Leave it in Space - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 1:15:29 AM
        
        You're working too hard. - TB - 5/25/2009 11:52:17 PM
        
        re: You're working too hard. - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 2:32:06 AM
        
        The Gold Bug - ER - 5/26/2009 12:18:05 AM
        
        I think you'd start out slow with the imports. - TB - 5/26/2009 3:39:27 AM
        
        Not really - podrock - 5/26/2009 12:56:48 AM
  - re: Cool list! Here's mine - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 6:38:04 AM
- re: 10 things about planets - gbaikie - 5/24/2009 9:59:12 PM
  - Thermal gradients - Nick Hoffman - 5/25/2009 12:53:15 AM
    - geometry too - alcaray - 5/27/2009 7:06:19 AM
      - The scaling with gravity includes both mass and geometry - Nick Hoffman - 5/27/2009 7:20:51 AM
    - re: Thermal gradients - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 5:00:11 AM

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