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>If you cut the supply of gold tonight This is very much a tangent, but my favorite fun fact is that if you got all the gold humans have ever mined and put it
by RuggedPineapple 4y ago
>If you cut the supply of gold tonight
This is very much a tangent, but my favorite fun fact is that if you got all the gold humans have ever mined and put it in one place, its smaller then you'd think. It would be a cube about 70 feet on each side. Most metals, including gold, are infinitely recyclable. There's a good chance any gold jewelry you have has quite a past, having been melted down and reforged quite a few times.
- whatever1 4y agoIt would be a very heavy swimming pool though :)
- RuggedPineapple 4y agoOh man, would it ever. 205k tonnes. Jewelry is the largest share too at about half, 96k tonnes of gold is currently jewelry.
- whatever1 4y agoWhich will be recycled as you pointed out. Now for the ~40% that goes to electronic manufacturing, I don't know how much we can easily recover.
- next_xibalba 4y agoVery late reply, but I just have to say: this absolutely blows my mind! Thank you for sharing!