Comment by robotswantdata
1 day ago
Just a reminder: The Netherlands' 612 tonnes represent 0.28% of all gold ever mined and 1.7% of central bank reserves. Because gold is insanely dense (19.32 g/cm³), all the gold mined in human history fits into about ~340 shipping containers
A standard 24,000-TEU cargo ship could hold every ounce of humanity's gold using under 1.5% of its physical volume.
So the Dutch portion is a rounding error of global gold that fits in a single shipping container.
That shipping container could not be easily lifted, right? The bottom would simply rip off under so much weight.
True and the same for the lorry or train. Likely 30 needed but they’d be very empty.