2007-07-06 08:07:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Very poor. Gold can't be oxidized, meaning it can't be burned. Gold is an excellent conductor, meaning it can't be used to store electrical charges - they'll pass through too efficiently. And gold is too dense, meaning it can't be easily carried around in battery form anyway.
2007-07-06 08:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH HELL NO! What would even make you think of this?
1. Too expensive and rare to make an economically viable fuel source.
2. How would you get energy out of it? You can 't burn it. You can't create a nuclear reaction with it. You could push it off a cliff to turn a turbine, but you would have to move the gold up the cliff and you would probably damage your turbine.
2007-07-06 15:17:51 · answer #2 · answered by Michael C 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No chance mate,
Gold is valuable, a fuel source must be as cheap as possible if produced in masses
2007-07-06 15:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we use a substance as a fuel, we not only take advantage of the energy stored within it, but we also take advantage of the material's chemical instability.
Gold is, fortunately, too stable to be a good fuel source.
Oxygen, on the other hand,....
2007-07-06 17:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by farwallronny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not only is it not burnable, nor does it oxidize...it costs too much to be an efficient source of anything
2007-07-06 15:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by parrothead_usn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not very chemically reactive.
It isn't very nuclearly (if that is a word) reactive.
So no, i don't see any possibilities.
2007-07-06 15:12:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretty slim I should imagine
2007-07-06 15:11:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋