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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 1709969, member: 33176&quot;]Good question.&nbsp; Gold does have some industrial uses, the primary one that comes to mind is in the manufacture of electrical contacts that don&#039;t tarnish and thus maintain their conductivity with little or no change.&nbsp; Certain catalysts depend on gold, but many more depend on the rare earth metals.&nbsp; Add to this the fact that gold is pretty.&nbsp; Think, all the metals are silver colored with the exception of gold and copper.&nbsp; There are some exceptions to this, but how many people have ever seen metallic cesium (beautiful, but so reactive it has to be kept sealed in glass).&nbsp; I also like the color of copper and all the alloys that come from it but 1) it is common and cheap and 2) it turns your skin green.&nbsp; Now gold is not common and doesn&#039;t turn your skin green, and that is somethng that has been known since antiquity.&nbsp; All these things considered explains a little of the value we place on gold, but the recent increase in price - possibly just an abberation that will correct itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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