Aurum topper
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Georgia’s capitol dome rises above a now-abandoned above-ground human hamster-tube/habitrail/hobbit-trail.
That’s the Georgia dome—the one covered in gold and not the one that hosts athletic events.
I always look at data in Wikipedia with a suspicious eye, so this may be in error, but the WikiPee “says” that by the end of 2009, humans had mined 165,000 tonnes* of gold. As of the end of June 2009, the IMF held 3217 tonnes or just under 2% of the estimated total.
Just to continue with scattered information: the WSJ is reporting that there’s a new iPad on the way that will have more, more, more (capabilities), and weigh less and be thinner—plus have at least one camera.
* A tonne is a thousand kilograms, or about 2200 pounds, which is about one long ton, commonly called a ton.