Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:20640 sci.energy:5121
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!umriscc!mcs213a.cs.umr.edu!jshapiro
From: jshapiro@mcs213a.cs.umr.edu (Jeff Shapiro)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.energy
Subject: Re: Gold saves energy.
Summary: Gold is only used to prevent corrosion.
Keywords: gold
Message-ID: <2788@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 91 02:32:02 GMT
References: <sehari.676081817@du248-12.cc.iastate.edu>
Sender: news@umriscc.isc.umr.edu
Followup-To: sci.electronics
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla
Lines: 17

In article <sehari.676081817@du248-12.cc.iastate.edu> sehari@iastate.edu (Sehari Babak) writes:
>Recently, there were much talk about way to reduce the energy consumption.
>This not only  saves money, but eventually saves life as well.
>
>Having this in mind, I am curious that haw much energy would we save. If
>we gold plate all Al wires that is used for transportation of the energy?
      
     [Stuff deleted]

I don't have my CRC handy but I'm pretty sure that gold is only used for 
electrical contacts because it is pretty much inert.  I think both copper
and aluminum have better resistivities than gold.  

Anybody have any numbers?

Jeff Shapiro
jshapiro@cs.umr.edu