Copper, The New Silver?

i think copper reach the value of $1 toz in 2033

Copper prices have held steady over $4/lb. the last year, but it's way more abundant than silver, maybe the question should be, is silver the new gold?

I'm certainly not an expert here, but I think you guys may be missing the point of is x the new y. If silver were to go up to where gold is now or even close to it, it still wouldn't be gold. Silver, like copper, has many more industrial uses than gold. This means that unless someone finds a grand new use for gold in everyday manufactured goods or the like, then silver will never be gold. Unless copper demand suddenly surges by x1000 or they find out that half of the copper deposits on Earth are actually silver deposits, then copper is likely to never be priced close to silver.

Another interesting point, assuming of course that the comment about is x the new y is being based solely on price and market movement, is do you think silver is actually worth more now than 5 or 10 years ago? Or is it simply that the dollar (or other currency), which is used to measure the price of silver, just doesn't buy as much as it used to?

A simpler explanation for those not keeping up. Instead of saying how many dollars you could get for your pile of silver, look at how much of something else you could get. How many cheeseburgers could your pile of silver have been traded for 10 years ago? How many cheeseburgers would you get for your pile today?

I am just throwing theory out there of course, to get you thinking.

Silver became the new gold when it passed $35.

My 2 cents, I hope copper does not go much higher - crooks and addicts are already stealing it left and right. Last winter a whole apartment house was w/o heat because thieves stole copper piping from the boiler while it was running! My favorite was stupid thieves up my way 2 years ago that climbed over a fence to a power substation, and were killed when they tried to remove copper bars!