[muawiyah]

Best bet when talking about gold is to learn how to discuss Super Atoms.

It's now feasible to begin work to develop a perfect and much less expensive substitute for gold and other precious metals.

[Politicalities]

Best bet when talking about gold is to learn how to discuss Super Atoms.

It's now feasible to begin work to develop a perfect and much less expensive substitute for gold and other precious metals.

The hell, man? The purpose precious metals serve is as a medium of exchange. There is no "substitute" that wouldn't be equally rare and expensive; the fact that they are rare and expensive is what makes them useful media of exchange.

[upcountryhorseman]

However, gold is also used as money: If banks were required
to maintain gold in reserve in a ratio to loans, we wouldn’t be in this mess.