n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoGold for houselemmy.caimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareYewb@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoGold has no intrinsic value to me I wonder if as the boomers start to die off if it will start losing some form of value
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWell, it has value to people who make electronics, and that industry is still growing. So, not likely.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoespecially military specification electronics and extreme temperature range performance applications.
minus-squareJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoUnlikely. Part of why gold is so valuable is its inertness. It doesn’t corrode or rust, which makes it great for electronics.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWe’re gonna need a ton of it for all the space shit we’re starting to do again.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIt has some intrinsic value because it’s a metal with a variety of applications. It just doesn’t have nearly enough intrinsic value to justify its price.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoFor example, plating memory contacts and latinum
minus-squareAndrasKrigare@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoRule of Acquisition number 102: Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever
Gold has no intrinsic value to me I wonder if as the boomers start to die off if it will start losing some form of value
Well, it has value to people who make electronics, and that industry is still growing. So, not likely.
especially military specification electronics and extreme temperature range performance applications.
Unlikely. Part of why gold is so valuable is its inertness. It doesn’t corrode or rust, which makes it great for electronics.
We’re gonna need a ton of it for all the space shit we’re starting to do again.
It has some intrinsic value because it’s a metal with a variety of applications. It just doesn’t have nearly enough intrinsic value to justify its price.
For example, plating memory contacts and latinum
Rule of Acquisition number 102: Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever