fredsam25 t1_j302kjq wrote
Reply to comment by Afrenc3931 in TIL that all the gold that has ever been mined in all of human history could fill about three Olympic-sized swimming pools. by westondeboer
But spread out on a tennis court, it's pretty wasteful.
Norwalk1215 t1_j309gg8 wrote
Tell that to King Louie XIV
WarrenPuff_It t1_j30ah9e wrote
You can still use it after.
Gold is easily recycled
fredsam25 t1_j30boh1 wrote
Good luck scraping gold leaf off a tennis court.
WarrenPuff_It t1_j30cta8 wrote
Do you understand how easy it is to recycle gold off electronics? What makes you think a tennis court would be a difficult surface to separate gold from?
You dont need to remove it from the tennis court, you can dig up the whole tennis court and dissolve the gold in a solution and reconstitute it as a purified ball of gold. You can just shovel the whole thing into a smelter and melt it off. Everything not gold will float to the top.
This is a non-event, if people are willing to dig a mile underground through quartz and granite using explosives and mercury baths to get gold dust out of the ground, why do you think a tennis court will be any type of obstacle? It would be picked clean that day.
fredsam25 t1_j30df40 wrote
The wind would blow half of it away.
WarrenPuff_It t1_j30e4us wrote
People pan for gold dust in the streets of NYC. You are underestimating how quickly that wafer thin gold will be pulled up by whoever is working it.
fredsam25 t1_j30fb5l wrote
You're better off not putting it on a tennis court in the first place.
WarrenPuff_It t1_j30ffl4 wrote
I'm sorry I thought this was America
Forgot-My-Name_again t1_j30bz8r wrote
You just burn the court and separate the gold from the ash.
fredsam25 t1_j30dmw1 wrote
It would just blow away with the smoke.
Forgot-My-Name_again t1_j31s7cz wrote
Nah, gold dust is too heavy. It's a common separation/reclamation technique for gold in old flumes or carpets or other materials in workspaces where fine gold particles were common.
fredsam25 t1_j31xcil wrote
You're thinking of gold particles. Ultra thin gold flakes are easily carried away in the wind. The ratio of surface area to weight mean that they experience a lot of drag relative to gravity.
Forgot-My-Name_again t1_j31xn59 wrote
And you don't think a fire will alter the flair structure.
fredsam25 t1_j31y4af wrote
The melting point of gold is around 2000F. No way you are getting anywhere close to that in a open tennis court fire. The gold will not be effected by the fire except to be torn apart by the plumes of smoke that would also carry it away.
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Creation98 t1_j31xg9q wrote
Speak for yourself.
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