once gold is mined, what percentage of it is consumed? In other words, what's its "burn rate". For example, when wheat is harvested, all of it is consumed, requiring a consistent hearty process to harvest wheat to meet demand. Gold, once harvested, is barely consumed, so it exists forever in a variety of forms, jewelry, coins, bars. One example of how its consumed is gold flakes added to food, such as goldschlager, etc.\\

anywho, tldr; burn rate of gold?