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Gustav Peebles in Mother Jones

Gustav Peebles interviewed in Mother Jones "An Economy Based on Carbon Waste? Don’t Laugh. It Might Just Save Us".

The US government is a big-time hoarder. At last count, in three locations - Denver, Fort Knox, and West Point - it had socked away 248,046,115.696 troy ounces of gold. One might think to round that to the nearest ounce, but at today’s prices, that extra 0.304 ounces of gold would fetch about $1,060 and the entire hoard is worth more than $865 billion. Except it isn’t, because this gold is not for sale. Sequestration has rendered it priceless. Why do we keep it? 

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Last updated: 2025-12-09

Source: Department of Social Anthropology