Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpldsla!tonya From: tonya@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Tony Arnerich) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Gold saves energy. Message-ID: <1990028@hpldsla.sid.hp.com> Date: 5 Jun 91 20:38:42 GMT References: Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA Lines: 11 > 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? > Let us assume we have one mile of wire. It would probably costs around say > $1000 to $2000 to gold plate this wire. Penny-wise and dollar foolish. How are you going to get the gold onto the wire?