Make A Statement.

[AZardoz]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7560155/Royal-Mint-unveils-solid-gold-18-carat-payment-card.html

Never mind the environment ... spend, spend, spend.

[Cloverjo]

This is a joke, right? Please.

[AZardoz]

No, but they are being conscientious:
// ...the cards also use source-traceable metals, certified under the Responsible Jewellery Council's Chain of Custody.

[Canary42]

Something for the recent lottery winner ?

[jno]

you've got to spend money to spend money.

[douglas9401]

Also gets you priority boarding for the gibbet come the revolution. :-)

[agchristie]

I took one of them out me chicken the other day ;-)

[david small]

Money is the root of all evil, goes the song.

[Old_Geezer]

Could be expensive having to renew every few years. Maybe I'll just get one then go back to Earth destroying plastic again next time.

[aelmpvw]

not going to send a new card in the post are they, expecting you to chop the old one up

[davebro]

I wonder what the melt value is at the moment.

[Boto]

What has the environment got to do with it?

[Zacs-Master]

Yeah,

I wondered that.

[dannyk13]

//What has the environment got to do with it?//
Zilch.

[ubasses]

Value just under £20,000.
https://news.sky.com/story/royal-mint-launches-debit-card-made-of-gold-but-it-isnt-cheap-11832042

[AZardoz]

Boto, Zacs, & Danny - still can't make the connection, eh?

[Boto]

No. Please explain.

[AZardoz]

We're consuming resources at an exponential rate to produce "stuff" that will be out of fashion in a very short time, requiring new stuff to be bought. Look what happens with iPhones.
Not to mention the crap, & the resulting pollution, produced in China for us.

[Boto]

How tenuous.

[AZardoz]

Tenuous ?
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/11/pollution-crisis-is-choking-the-chinese-economy.html
Look at the label on practically any product. Where is it made?

[Boto]

Someone who has a gold card - are they really buying tat from China?