Silver stockpiles aren't disappearing—they're locked away in jewelry boxes, cutlery drawers, and storage vaults worldwide. The real bottleneck? Mobilizing these reserves fast enough to feed surging demand from green energy infrastructure and defense sector expansion. It's a supply chain velocity problem, not a scarcity crisis. As industrial demand collides with geopolitical pressures, the constraint shifts from total inventory to conversion speed. An intriguing counterargument to conventional supply shortage narratives.