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Earth's Inner Fort Knox [Earth's core has 1.6 quadrillion tons of gold]
Discover magazine ^
| September 2006
| Anne Wootton
Posted on 12/13/2006 10:58:55 PM PST by grundle
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To: agere_contra
"ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE." - HAL
;-)
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posted on
12/14/2006 5:33:23 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
To: grundle
GOld at 1 ppm in the core. Once you take the size of the core into account, that's a lot of gold. But if this estimate is based on meteorite content, it would be a lot easier to mine asteroids for gold that to go to the core to find it.
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posted on
12/14/2006 5:41:37 AM PST
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: grundle
This article is brought to you by the USSMA (U.S. Shovel Manufacturers Association). Stop by and pick up a few shovels today, our motto: "when it gets deep we're here to help."
To: sully777
Better buy gold. 180 degrees out of phase.
Better sell gold. If they ever figure out a way to mine it the price will fall sharply.
Of couse if you find a way to mine it and don't tell anyone, the markets wouldn't crash...
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:05:30 AM PST
by
BlueMondaySkipper
(The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
To: Thinkin' Gal
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:10:06 AM PST
by
null and void
(Time flies/My time crawls/Like an insect/Up and down the walls)
To: Alter Kaker
You'd need a "frickin' laser beam" to cut through all the "magma"!
To: grundle
Hogwash. According to what I've read, the center of the earth is home to numerous prehistoric creatures. There's a volcano in Iceland that will take you right down there.
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:14:49 AM PST
by
King of Florida
(A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
To: Renegade
Better not post that line in a thread about San Fransisco bath houses.
To: grundle
Note to self:
Order jackhammer.
Take 3 weeks off work.
Dig.
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:16:00 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. He's a Socialist. And unqualified.)
To: BlueMondaySkipper
No no. According to the gold commercials you always buy gold because "gold has never gone to zero." Of course, they never point out that if you buy shares at $600 and shares fall to $250, you still lose everything.
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:16:11 AM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: grundle
I wonder if Home Depot has a drill bit that big...
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:17:21 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A liberal is a suicide bomber without the guts)
To: Alter Kaker
"Great! Let's mine the core! Can't be too tricky, can it?" I think it would simply be easier to marry McCartney, then divorce him.
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:19:42 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
To: doc30
GOld at 1 ppm in the core. Once you take the size of the core into account, that's a lot of gold. Yes, if it's distributed at 1 ppm among several sextillion tons of molten rock, there's no way to extract it anyway.
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posted on
12/14/2006 8:26:05 AM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Only if you are a " miner, 69'r"
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posted on
12/14/2006 10:52:48 AM PST
by
Renegade
To: Talking_Mouse
I thought that the core was diamonds (or is that Europa)?The gas giants. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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posted on
12/14/2006 11:33:12 AM PST
by
zeugma
(If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.)
To: grundle
Funny, we can cause enormous climate changes in the Earth's truly gigantic atmosphere, but can barely scratch the surface of the Earth.
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posted on
12/14/2006 11:37:43 AM PST
by
EyeGuy
Note: this topic was posted 12/14/2006. Thanks grundle.
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posted on
04/12/2014 6:23:44 PM PDT
by
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