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I was watching through the Bond films on Prime and was set to wondering how plausible were the schemes of the villains. Note I am not thinking about technological plausibility, that clearly isn't here (yet) but, if the technology were available, would their plan actually work how they intended?


For example, GoldFinger. Would irradiating all the gold in Fort Worth really help him destabilise the gold market and create a huge profit for him.Would flooding Silicon Valley corner the chip market?


I guess there are different ways of looking at the plan. Would they work then, would they work now? Silicon Valley maybe less "important" now when chips are built in Korea and other sites around the world. Is the gold reserve at Forth Worth worth so much now if other reserves hold more gold?


This doesn't have to be limited to Bond.