While silver ETFs such as SLV could be further supported by inflation, there's even longer-ranging case for these funds centering around dollar debasement and demand from the renewable energy industry. Solar companies turn silver into a paste, loading it into each silicon wafer,” reports Jane Marsh for Resource World Magazine. SIL, which turns 12 years old in April, tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners Total Return Index and holds 41 stocks.