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Benedict Arnold

Do you really believe there's a quadrillion tons of diamonds under the earths surface and we can't get them up here?

Yaaaaaa.. Right!

Posted - July 17, 2018
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  • 10026
    I'm not sure how many quadrillion tons formulates.  I can say there are many, many, many diamonds already found and being worn as we speak.  If there were that many more under the soils of the earth than we would be a diamond world.  If we were to mine them all, what would have have left?
    I think that is a wee-bit of an exaggeration. 

    Please note, this is only my opinion and I don't have scientific fact. 
    :) :) This post was edited by Merlin at July 17, 2018 9:23 PM MDT
      July 17, 2018 4:54 PM MDT
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  • 16741
    If we got them up here, they'd be worthless. Diamonds are prized for their rarity - which is why De Beers is already sitting on tons of them and only letting them trickle onto the market. If the Kimberley released a large fraction of what's in the mines, diamonds would be dirt cheap and only used in industry for their hardness. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at July 17, 2018 9:24 PM MDT
      July 17, 2018 5:21 PM MDT
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  • 44592
    Indeed. Those folks are clever.
      July 17, 2018 5:29 PM MDT
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  • 10617
    Diamonds are quite common.  One company, who owns most of the world's diamond mines, wants to make people think they're rare so they can jack up the price.  
      July 17, 2018 5:28 PM MDT
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  • 53498

      ("Who" refers to people. A company is not a person, so the pronoun for this particular sentence should be "which".)
      July 17, 2018 8:00 PM MDT
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  • 10617
    But, I ain't sure them actually companies be witches (what if they're warlocks; they might get offended if I call 'em witches).  So they be a who (and if they use cell phones, you can be sure that Horton's gonna be listening in).
      July 17, 2018 9:54 PM MDT
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  • 44592
    Yes.
      July 17, 2018 5:45 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Why are diamonds so valuable ? apart from their industrial use in cutting hard things ,what else are they good for ?

    People buy them just to feed their over inflated ego's   :(  This post was edited by Nice Jugs at July 19, 2018 5:33 AM MDT
      July 17, 2018 6:36 PM MDT
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  • 17584

    *down*


    I thought about that.  What a great way to devalue diamonds.  ;)

      July 17, 2018 7:35 PM MDT
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  • 53498

      (there's there are)

    The subject noun is plural, so the preceding verb cannot be singular.
      July 17, 2018 7:57 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Yes I do.  I've been trying to get one, just one, for 10 years.  :  )   Smooch!
      July 17, 2018 8:28 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Diamond is pure carbon so it would make a good clean burning source of fuel. Since diamond would be cheap you could use them as nice flashy hood ornaments for cars , decorate your Christmas tree with them and many other purposes.

    https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/scientists-found-quadrillion-tons-of-diamonds-below-earth-surface-2018-7


     This post was edited by Kittigate at July 19, 2018 5:32 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    Or ... we could use the carbon "insulator" waste of nuclear power plants to create diamond batteries:

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/these-scientists-are-turning-radioactive-waste-into-diamond-batteries

    I    magine - pacemaker batteries that never need replacing.
    Or "infinity" batteries for electric vehicles!

    This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at July 19, 2018 5:32 AM MDT
      July 18, 2018 9:23 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    That's pretty good stuff.
      July 18, 2018 11:00 AM MDT
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  • 16741
    Too big and heavy for pacemakers, but I like the idea for vehicles.
      July 19, 2018 12:32 AM MDT
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  • 6023

    Given the tendency of technology to get smaller ... I'd imagine once they started creating batteries (for things like vehicles and satellites) they would quickly start shrinking in size.

     

    Though if there was a chance of a conspiracy against it ... I'd imagine it would be by the battery companies.  No more having to buy "C" cell batteries every year for your flashlight/camp lantern/etc.  One battery would last well beyond your lifetime.

      July 19, 2018 6:58 AM MDT
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  • 16741
    Shielding (for the radioactive gas between the created diamonds) would necessarily be heavy. Heavy metals such as lead and/or gold are all that can trap gamma rays and neutrons. Miniaturization would be fine, but for personally carried items the shielding would be cumbersome.
      July 19, 2018 8:04 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    no, i dont believe it either
      August 7, 2018 4:21 PM MDT
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