>>60942068
>If all the gold production shut off tomorrow, and we only used what we had -- we would never run out. Thats how industrially useless gold is and also abundant.
True. Silver is the true industrial workhorse, and it's used everywhere around you from the solder in your smartphone to the bearings in then engines of the commercial jet you fly to vacation on.

Commercial grade RF connectors are silver plated for performance. Microwave communication hardware (cell towers) has thick silver plating inside.

Swagelok connectors are silver plated to prevent galling. Medical dressings are treated with silver to be inherently anti-microbial.

Many aircraft electrical wires are copper with a silver plating.

>The electronics and electrical sector represents silver's largest industrial application, consuming 445.1 million ounces in 2023—a remarkable 20% year-over-year increase

(((They))) don't want you stacking silver because they don't want a competitor to gold, which they DO control. Silver has enormous intrinsic, practical value.