On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:16:19 +0200
Deloptes  wrote:

> Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>
> > Right but the principle source of value is not rare metals it is
> > human activity. Using rare metals does not scale naturally to the real
> > source of value.
>
> Why not?

 Because value can be created more easily than rare metals can be
created and so the value of the rare metal has to be steadily increased to
compensate, which is a pity if the stuff is actually useful, but more to
the point cannot continue indefinitely.

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