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Message:: [QUOTE="snapsalot, post: 1431543, member: 37085"]But with those instances where yes they can be replaced along with many other uses that were not mentioned its not a equal replacement. In the use of high end electronics it would be the equivalent of wanting to put 2 cylinder honda civic motors in a Lamborgini to cut costs. Sure you can do that and ya itll save you lots of money, but it will be a big performance drop.  Even triage bandages dont "need" silver. It just makes them much more efficient and sterile. While in most even very close to all uses for silver a worse substitute can probably be had, it will have its downsides and the downsides may just be too great for many industries to adopt the practice of cheaper substitutes. But to me the biggest upside is just how quickly we do use silver in the industrial world. and how fast the currently overflowing backstock has been dissipating over the past 150 years or so. Without drastic mining endeavors a bottleneck will happen a few years down the line. Yes eventually mining operations will get back on track and mine an amount equal to or more than what is consumed. But, that will take time to happen and in the interm the market will break away from artificial paper prices.[/QUOTE]