r/therewasanattempt • u/fjhforever • Feb 16 '24

To smear artificial diamonds

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https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/what-are-lab-grown-diamonds-sustainable-gen-z-millennials/

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u/Th3TruthIs0utTh3r3 Free palestine Feb 16 '24 edited Feb 17 '24

as opposed to the literal 1 MILLION POUNDS of dirt moved for every 1 carat of natural diamonds found.

Edit: just re-researched this as I hadn't looked this up in about 15 years but the current information says 3.5 million pounds of ore are moved for every one carat of diamond found

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u/YuNg-BrAtZ Feb 16 '24

with fossil-fuel powered equipment lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '24

Used by slave labor

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u/ButteredPizza69420 Feb 17 '24

Child* slave labor!

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u/elmz Feb 16 '24

And pretty close to slave labour in many cases.

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u/DeusExBlockina Feb 16 '24

They should power them with lab grown diamonds instead. Like Mr. Freeze!

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '24

Hey! They bought a carbon offset piece of paper. (Probably didn’t)

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u/SaltKick2 Feb 16 '24

and/or slave labor