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Ok, maybe I want to take that back.

There's also plenty of gold dissolved in the rock of the mantle and at the center of the core. "Wood calculated that 1.6 quadrillion tons of gold must lie in Earth's core." That's 10*15 tons assuming he's using the modern numbering system.
http://discovermagazine.com/2006/sep/innerfortknox

Vs. 6000 billion barrels of oil in place, which is 6x10*15
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/feature_articles/2004/worldoilsupply/oilsupply04.html

So they're actually not that far off from each other--within the error of these estimates at least. I'm surprised...

by asdf on Thu Sep 2nd, 2010 at 08:42:31 PM EST
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Please don't tell the Republicans about all of that gold at the earth's core or some numbnut will try to find a way to get it.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 07:00:47 AM EST
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