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To: James Calladine who wrote (505)	7/13/2001 1:05:14 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 1643

Hi Jim, Do not encourage me. <<"It is estimated that all of the platinum ever mined would fill a room measuring less than twenty-five feet on a side." Can that be true? If so, exceedingly tiny amounts must be involved in each application.>> Sounds small, but actually quite a bit. I got a large safety box full of platinum coins, just sitting there, doing absolutely nothing. Not for sale, not for loan, just a financial anchor or financial reset button. On hard drive, platinum is used as a coating, but only a few micron in thickness. But, then I suppose there are a lot of hard drives. <<Is any other commodity or combination of elements deemed to be a "platinum-killer"?>> Platinum can absorb 900 times its weight in hydrogen (a lot), and so can palladium, but that is also rare and 80% production accounted for by Russia. Auto catalyst can be made in other ways, but not as effective, small in size. Platinum in auto catalysts are surely recycled. I have always loved platinum, as a private monetary reserve Message 14947596 Message 15080764 Message 15152323 Message 15378361 Message 15406647 Message 15731778 Message 15774373 Message 15827492 Message 15953490