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It would probably also cost more to produce gold than you get out of it so it is effectively infinite time.

No, negative time!

So we don’t need to worry about diluting the gold supply from LHC, it’s the asteroid mining that’s going to do it.

You’re assuming they would attempt to produce gold exactly the same way. The process would likely evolve to become better. What happens if you add a growth rate?