You make the same case as was made for getting off the Gold Standard. But the part of the speculators reasoning that I don't get is. In the future, what will be driving this high demand for Steem? There is only one sure way to get wealth, earn it. Whenever people start thinking they are getting easy money or they are putting one over on someone, they set themselves up to get ripped off big time. That's why Mordecai Jones said, "you can't cheat an honest man." If you don't know who Mordecai Jones is, watch this movie. great lessons to be learned.