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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1057202, member: 15199&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">But, gold and silver no longer is mined or is mineable in the same way as years ago, with the use of mercury and higher cyanide solutions than today, and the mandatory safety and environmental regulations. Food crops are becoming more resistant to pesticides and herbicides, as well as the loss of powerful pesticides due to environmental damage.&nbsp; At one time we had the most use for petroleum products compared to most other countries, but now the demand from developing countries is overwhelming the supply. Except for war and natural disasters, the population of the earth continues to grow, not so much by an increased birthrate, but by increased survival rates.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Things are not the same as then and IMO, never will be again,and to value the dollar or any currency over time based on how things used to be is false, IMO. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">An iPad taken back just 20 years would probably be deemed an artifact from an alien civilization and would sell for multimillions of then USD. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Jim</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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