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@josepherhardt164 you do know that aluminum used to be more expensive then gold? it was because aluminum used to be incredibly hard to extract. a kilogram of aluminum in 1852 was 1200 dollars per kilogram while gold was half that. now a kilogram of aluminum is often under a dollar to two dollars depending upon demand. There have been several attempts to extract gold from sea water. There is estimated to be 20 mil tons of gold in the water of the ocean. Problem is a lot of it is organic bonded gold not metallic. However if someone figured out how to chemically extract the gold from sea water you could render the cost of gold to pennies per ton if it went widescale. Also most of the gold today is used in jewelry or gold bars or coins as investment. Meaning the value of gold is severely over hyped. The amount of gold used for other applications is decreasing year after year due to the increased cost of gold since other metals can be used for those applications such as aluminum or platinum.
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@josepherhardt164 yes and the story is Napolean had the guests served with gold plates while he used the aluminum to show his wealth
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