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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by robotresearcher on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:23PM (#14866741)
Only literally. It is buried in miles of rock and the transaction cost to turn it into cash is very large.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by dredmorbius on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:30PM (#14868071)
Not for Saudi Arabia it isn't.

Though that's much of Venezuela's present problem.

Also the U.S. and Canada. Fracking, deep water, tar sands.

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