Zeev,
Gee, that is only 482,000 gallons to get two grams!
Bet the minewater in the Oro Grande is a better bet!!
I recall some ancient sumerian tales that the Gods know of the AU content of seawater and set up a facility to extract it and failed--Then went digging in South Africa--With that in mind, I would not recommend that mere mortals attempt it!
I get your point about the extraction, but with the vast difference in reported values, think you not that there is a chance here that the mortals will succeed at the H. Project?
I have said many times before that the key for this stock is "metal in hand"! I appreciate the honest communication from Mr. McKay and I have pointed out that he now has to extract what he says is there. Personally, I would be happy with much less, but perhaps there is more there and he is in fact being conservative as others have pointed out. I do admire his fortitude and his approach.
The "key" to fortune, however lies in "metal in hand consistently produced"!
Given the stated reserves, and I am not confused by enhanced vs raw and all that crap, the reserves are enormous by any stretch of the imagination. The key to tapping those reserves lies in the hands of Mr. McKay and those under his command. I vote that we immediately promote him the the rank of "GPGI Bird Colonel"--why not General, you ask--Well, good Colonels become Generals by doing great deeds--We will promote him to General after he has done his "great deeds"!
Appologies to any "deck scrubbers" on board, simply substitute the appropriate "Captain", or "Admiral" as appropriate. As an aside, I was once an Army Captain attached to the Navy. I took great pleasure in calling the motor pool for a "Taxi". Got very good service, I might add! Some disappointed looks from the drivers, but the dispatcher was never willing to take a chance.
We were allowed to wear civies in that job, so it was only my age that gave me away. Some thought that I was the youngest Navy Captain that they had ever seen. Others were more astute.
I will tell you a story about the oldest Navy Captain that I ever saw and then I will shut up. While in the same attachment to the Navy, I was assigned to the Pentagon for a while and I kept seeing this female Navy Captain who must have been at that time close to 75 or 80 years old. That puzzled me and I later found out that she was the author of some computer language and I forget (Cobol or Fortran), and she had been kept on duty because of her unique skills. I forget her name, sorry. I believe that she was later promoted and retired, but I could be wrong about the promotion. Obviously, she enjoyed her job.
Hey, I was just up the hill from Watergate, and when I saw it on the news, it was in my "backyard"! Interesting times!!
Pentagon, Jack!! |
