The Giant Pool Of Money. Implications

What I never understood is what good gold will do you in a global catastrophe. You can't eat it. It's actually pretty heavy, so it's hard to pack around. You can't build a shelter with it. Maybe you could make bullets out of it, or hit someone over the head with a smaller sized ingot, but that's about the best use I can find for it. At least paper money has the advantage of being lighter.Pound for pound, I think I would invest in whiskey if the world is really going down the pooper.