[AlbertW]

...decided that since it was so easy to do and cheap, gold wasn't a precious metal anymore. They took it off of the restricted parts list, but it was too heavy to be effective anyway. The entire plan was scrapped, along with a profit opportunity, but he figured that it wouldn't be graciously professional to flood the market with gold, devaluing everyone's existing stock, anyway. His next plan involved antimatter and very large elephants...