Um, the amount of gold in the world is valued at about $7.5 trillion. The world GDP is about $88 trillion. The amount of debt in the world is valued at $238 trillion. The world estimated asset value is over $525 trillion. The low end of the value of derivative contracts are about $2 quadrillion and the high end about $8 quadrillion. All countries are forced to trade oil in US dollars. 98 percent of vehicles still run on gas as do all planes (jet fuel, a oil derivative). Do the math. Please stop believing in the gold standard. The central bankers of the major countries and the rich stopped believing long long ago, far before Nixon.