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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (44611)	1/2/2009 8:55:06 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217544

Gold is just as handy an industrial material as platinum, palladium, and silver. Each as special unique properties. Semiconductor processes use plenty of each. You just have to look at any high reliability part to see the gold plate. As an engineer, I used approximately similar amounts of each material on older tech parts. Old tech can becomes new tech though. It's only financial institutions and governments that think gold does not have much value. Strange though that might seem. MQ's cell phones have precious metals in them by various amounts, and you can buy, sell and barter with these precious metals using same cell phone. It's not the nineteenth century anymore.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (44611)	1/2/2009 3:44:58 PM
From: RJA_	Respond to of 217544

>>I do agree that hoarding platinum would be superior to hoarding gold was also wondering why no one recommends investing in this metal which has much more industrial applications than gold, being a catalyst to many useful chemical reactions Platinum, only discovered in the early 1800's has little or no history as money... where as gold and silver have lots that history. Canada made platinum maples for a while, but quit when the raw material became too expensive for collectors. Perhaps that will change.