[ldbooth]

You are conflating a commodity with a cash producing asset like a farm. Show me the cash flows from your gold nugget and I'll show you the cash flows from a farm that produces a usable product in the market.

[anonisko]

A farm is an income generating asset. Farmland is a commodity that does nothing on its own.

An electronics manufacturer that uses gold is an income generating asset. Gold is a commodity that does nothing on its own.

[cromwellian]

Gold contacts on my money producing cloud servers are just as cash producing as tractors on your farm.

[ldbooth]

Your cloud servers:the inputs are irrelevant, the cash flow is from the business services provided.