Economics: Scarcity -- Gold, Aluminum, and Pretend Paper Money

[Speaker to Animals]

I thought the gold made them 'space durable', not necessarily more efficient? Most electrical uses of gold are simply that, dependability due to non-oxidizing.

Gold is a great conductor and can be used to do a lot of weird electronic things where the voltage is very, very low. There are lots of applications, but because gold is expensive, you don't see it used much.

Gold would make freaking awesome solar panels, but the cost right now would be outrageous compared to what utility you could possibly get out of that. But if gold were the same price as tin.. sure.

But would it be more efficient, which is, um, the 'gold standard'?

As far as I know it is the best low voltage conductor that is not a superconductor.

[Martin Hash]

Gold bullets.

Cmon, any self respecting 1%er is already loaded with those. Standard issue with the gold toilet.

Oh, I’m more of a virus guy myself. R U vaccinated?