Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 8:53:11 PM UTC-5, Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 17:28:18 -0700, bruce bowser wrote:
>>
>>>> On 12/06/2021 17:57, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>>>> Do you use the green wire for that, or bare copper?
>>> Is aluminum or gold allowed?
>> Instead of suggesting the best conductor (silver), you offer the most
>> ductile (gold), and one of the least dense (aluminum).
>>
>> What's the mystery in your smithery?
>>
> I'm a modern person who has no problem with fiat currency, but I'm
> still fascinated by silver and gold. They have so much value beyond
> their scarcity. Perhaps a century from now they will have particle
> bombarders that can transmute less functional elements into silver
> and gold. The extreme ductility of gold, and the usefulness of silver
> in so many applications are real.
>
> --Bryan
>

We can already make gold and silver artificially. Unfortunately the
value of the product is less than the production cost.