Gold

Here is your thread to:
talk about ancient aliens mining Earth for gold and enslaving humans to do so;
talk about Brad Meltzer and the conspiracy theory that Fort Knox is empty (at least of gold);
talk about the intrinsic values of gold (IIRC, it's a great conductor?);
talk about why other things of worth should or should not be tied to gold.
Have fun!

I have previously posted this, but here is a thought. On the subject of gold, man expends vast resources on extracting, and refining gold from the earth so we can secrete in in vaults underground and there it sits. Very rational.
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Aliens have a wormhole connected to Fort Knox. Easy.

Transport when needed.

Protection Racket. DEM Aliens!

FryRoastedBakedBroiledHumanityTastyFourthAngel
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It is hard for me to understand man's irrational attraction to gold, but I acknowledge the truth of it. If it were established that say 20% of the moon's surface contained high grade gold ore or nuggets people would be falling over each other to either build their own rockets or clamoring for Boeing to get them there. Even if they were told that gold isn't valuable enough to make mining it on the moon profitable.
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Bob DeWoody

The scare of after WWII made huge impact on most nations so as a distant continent emerging giant the america had a chance to hold most gold reserve of most countries. I still wonder whether Fort Knox is still the largest gold reserve in the world. Because the warehouse protected by 1200 ICBMs nukes is kind of secure proving ground for most banks. Plus B-2 bombers and F-22 fighters...
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Mandtugai!

The scare of after WWII made huge impact on most nations so as a distant continent emerging giant the america had a chance to hold most gold reserve of most countries. I still wonder whether Fort Knox is still the largest gold reserve in the world. Because the warehouse protected by 1200 ICBMs nukes is kind of secure proving ground for most banks. Plus B-2 bombers and F-22 fighters...

There is no gold in Fort Knox.

What was there is now under the twin towers in New York.

Id still rather ride a Unicorn...coward.

There is no gold in Fort Knox.

What was there is now under the twin towers in New York.

ID you are talking absolute rubbish. Now come up with facts and figures or please post something sensible!

USA gold reserves

The United States Bullion Depository holds 4,578 metric tons (5,046.3 short tons) of gold bullion (147.2 million oz. troy). This is roughly 2.5% of all the gold ever refined throughout human history. Even so, the depository is second in the United States to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's underground vault in Manhattan, which holds 7,000 metric tons (7,716 tons) of gold bullion (225.1 million oz. troy), some of it in trust for foreign nations, central banks and official international organizations.

There is no gold in Fort Knox.

What was there is now under the twin towers in New York.

You didn't answer the question! There is physical gold in Fort Knox, and in NYC.

Just a IOU from the government on the floor of Fort Knox's vault.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1776asmith-mercsys.asp

http://www.futurecasts.com/Smith,%20Wealth%20of%20Nations%20(II).htm