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  • Gold’s 'Grand' Illusion [View article]
    correction: "big" should of course been "pig" in the previous post...my apologies.
    Apr 14 10:06 am |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Gold’s 'Grand' Illusion [View article]
    certainly if one is hungry, a big is a better bet than gold. and, as someone else pointing out, in times of true upheaval, perhaps lead (for bullets) would be more valuable. that said, you seem to marginalize the positives of gold:
    1) it has outlasted all other currencies (wealth you can depend on)
    2) easier to keep and maintain than pigs
    3) when even the best supplied person runs out of food, and wants to make a trade for someone who has food, other than perhaps gasoline, gold may be your best bet

    remember, after the civil war it was gold coins that allowed scarlett o'hara to keep the farm. but alas, if the US government, media, and citizenry don't come to grips with peak oil and enact a REAL energy policy, it will be the people who control oil and gasoline that will determine who gets what (or doesn't get what). that's why ultimate security depends on the american people wising up and pushing our idiotic "leaders" into action. here is a good start:

    seekingalpha.com/artic...

    with the note that, as someone pointed out, i neglected to list geothermal as a good source of alternative energy.
    Apr 14 10:05 am |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
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