Silver and Germ-Warfare: Silver is a Super Anti-Microbial and Anti-Bacterial Material

While the attack on Silver by the operatives of the US and UK monetary authorities remains in full swing in their futile attempt to mask the avalanche of inflation and devaluation of the dollar, which is a promise to pay nothing, it turns out that one of the largest likely future applications that will greatly benefit humans in the battle against germs is of all things Silver.

It turns out that silver is not only an outstanding anti-bacterial substance but also an extremely effective anti-microbial agent. This and its long lasting properties and its ability to easily be microtized into various compounds to do things like keep odors out of shoes and keep medical clothing germ free are likely going to be a massively utilized process and put yet one more large input factor on silver demand.

This technology is already being used broadly, including in the army to keep troops feet from getting foot diseases when wearing combat boots for long period and in very tough environmental conditions.

You can get the full scoop on this growing application by reading Jeff Nielson's blog at Seeking Alpha:
Silver and Germ-Warfare

After reading this, keep in mind the long term fundamentals on silver and remember that despite the long term manipulations and fear and greed of the paper markets, that inventory, supply and demand are what affect the real price and long term value. Silver is volatile because it is a very small market, and silver is far more rare in my opinion than gold. Far more useful as well and in far shorter supply.

I think silver is far more precious and rare than Gold these days. Here are some of the reasons I believe this is so:

1. Above ground Available Silver bullion inventories have declined from about10 billion ounces in 1940 to around 1 billion today.

2. There is now approximately 3.8 billion ounces of above ground gold available.

3. Silver is not only a monetary precious metal but a highly useful and irreplaceable industrial metal used in high technology, medical and other manufacturing applications.

4. Very little of the silver used in industry is recycled.

5. The historic ratio between silver and gold is about 16.

6. The current ratio between silver and gold prices is about 48.

7. Physical demand for physical silver and silver coins is at all time highs and accelerating.

8. New applications of of silver (almost all non-recylable) such as HeiQ Materials, which "manufactures high-performance textile effects for the most demanding functionalities," in the area of anti microbial and other anti-germ technology using silver compounds are expanding even as silver mining production is just beginning.

So, silver is actually substantially more rare than gold and yet the price ratios do not reflect the physical reality yet. This means that the long term price suppression of silver via the extreme concentrations of short positions by one or two of the largest Bullion banks has created a sling shot of potential upward price energy. If the CTFC investigation into silver price suppression or any of the current law suites, class action or otherwise, fully reveals the degree and level of ongoing suppression, silver may quickly revert to its historical ratios, and given its increasing rarity and industrial and technological usefulness, climb well beyond its less rare cousin, gold.

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