Wesley Stevenson
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1,470 appearances
54 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2010
last heard May 2015
Wesley Stevenson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was the news that an Australian bullion dealer had found a gold bar that wasn't solid gold at all, but filled with tungsten.
Here's a US talk show host trying to get his head around the possibilities.
Here's the reality.
Now, we did try and call Fort Knox to allay these fears, but all we got was this.
I'm not sure the fact they don't answer their phone is evidence that they're lying about the amount of gold in their vault, Charlotte.
Now, we could speculate endlessly about who has what gold, but unless you're volunteering to go out and actually count it, we'll probably never know.
But there's a problem here, too.
This isn't all the gold left under the ground.
It's just all the gold left under the ground that we know about.
And it's actually economical to mine at the moment.
So over the years, this number fluctuates.
No, and the reason is that while deposits are mined, new deposits are found.
Also, as the price of gold changes, this determines how economical it is to mine certain deposits.
And in addition, new technology can make harder-to-reach gold more accessible.
And all of this means that the amount of gold in reserve in the ground will fluctuate.
Yeah, I'm afraid so.
Now, if there's a number that you'd like us to investigate or explain, you can email us at moreorless at bbc.co.uk and you can listen to previous editions of the programme at our website, bbc.co.uk forward slash moreorless.
No, it's something you'll hear repeated again and again.
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