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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JoeSmith, post: 733173, member: 18021&quot;]Everything I said was totally original, I&#039;ve never seen the articles to which you refer.&nbsp; But, of course the dollar is going to zero.&nbsp; Do you think there is a limit on how high things can cost?&nbsp; If not, then you believe there is no lower limit to the value of the dollar.&nbsp; That&#039;s what &quot;going to zero&quot; means.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that is the contra-positive of my belief that the value of silver (and gold) remain constant.&nbsp; Saying that gold and silver track inflation is saying that they basically keep their original value, in spite of inflation, which was my point.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your detailed analysis of the price of junk silver vs the price of gasoline for the last 50 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll summarize what you said in a little chart:</p><p><br /></p><p>Year --- Silver / gas ratio</p><p>1968 ---&nbsp; 5</p><p>1972 --- 10</p><p>1987 --- 10</p><p>1979 --- 21.3 </p><p>1984 --- 4</p><p>1989 --- 3</p><p>1990 --- 3</p><p><br /></p><p>I calculated it for 1979, you said gas was .75/gal and junk silver was 16 times face value.&nbsp; That was the peak of the hunt brothers cornering the market, when silver was over $50.&nbsp; That, of course, was an abberation.</p><p><br /></p><p>You proved my point.&nbsp; The gas / junk silver wants to be 4.&nbsp; Sometimes it goes above it, as much as 10 (the Hunt brothers notwithstanding), but it comes back.&nbsp; Sometimes it goes below 4, but never lower than 3, and it comes back to 4.&nbsp; Lots of things affect the real price of gas, like supply and demand, hurricanes, wars.&nbsp; Clinton tried to lower the price of gas by dumping the strategic reserve on the market.&nbsp; Lots of things affect the silver / dollar ratio.&nbsp; Both these factors affect the junk silver / gas ratio.&nbsp; BUT, the junk silver / gas ratio is MUCH MORE stable than the price of silver or the price of gas.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>The conclusion of my earlier post was:</p><p>So when silver gets to $100, don&#039;t get to excited. It will still get you 4 gallons of gas, or 10 cups of coffee, or 25 postage stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t seen anything to refute me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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