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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1431035, member: 26302"]Well, I would just say sir how many people know this "loss of quality"? Seriously. Right now, without going to your circuit panel, can you tell me the metal of the service wires coming into your electrical panel? I know mine since I used to be an electrician and pay attention to such things. Chances are they are aluminum, and the drop in efficiency between copper and aluminum is much greater than from silver to copper. Yet, nearly every home in the US has had aluminum service wire installed in the last 30 years, even multi million dollar ones I ran the electric for. People don't care, they want the light to come on when they turn the switch, and for the house to not burn down. What application do you believe the end consumer is willing to pay that high a premium to have silver versus copper for?</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw IDK specifically about silver, but a friend is in the iron industry and they always have under contract new mine locations. There are tons of sites that have been analyzed and ore concentrations just aren't economical today to open the pit up. However, that can always change. Please don't try to get me to believe there are not silver ore sites that are known but not high enough grade to mine at $10 an ounce. That is simply not very conceivable. Heck, with a high enough price the Comstock could be drained and mined more, as well as most abandoned silver mines in the US and around the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1431035, member: 26302"]Well, I would just say sir how many people know this "loss of quality"? Seriously. Right now, without going to your circuit panel, can you tell me the metal of the service wires coming into your electrical panel? I know mine since I used to be an electrician and pay attention to such things. Chances are they are aluminum, and the drop in efficiency between copper and aluminum is much greater than from silver to copper. Yet, nearly every home in the US has had aluminum service wire installed in the last 30 years, even multi million dollar ones I ran the electric for. People don't care, they want the light to come on when they turn the switch, and for the house to not burn down. What application do you believe the end consumer is willing to pay that high a premium to have silver versus copper for? Btw IDK specifically about silver, but a friend is in the iron industry and they always have under contract new mine locations. There are tons of sites that have been analyzed and ore concentrations just aren't economical today to open the pit up. However, that can always change. Please don't try to get me to believe there are not silver ore sites that are known but not high enough grade to mine at $10 an ounce. That is simply not very conceivable. Heck, with a high enough price the Comstock could be drained and mined more, as well as most abandoned silver mines in the US and around the world.[/QUOTE]
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