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Odd that there's no mention of Moissanite, which is a replacement good and has many of the same upsides, with fewer downsides than lab grown diamonds. Not to m
by local_crmdgeon 4y ago
Odd that there's no mention of Moissanite, which is a replacement good and has many of the same upsides, with fewer downsides than lab grown diamonds.
Not to mention the ridiculous dance where they make methane from the air - I guarantee that is much less green than just buying nat gas or compost gas.
Lab grown diamonds don't fix the core problem - diamonds are mined by slaves, in conditions remarkably similar to Hell. Lab grown diamonds help launder blood diamonds into the general supply. Moissanite has none of those problems, looks nicer than diamonds, and doesn't involve any of the human suffering. It's made by and benefits people like the HN crowd. That seems like a clear winner to me.
- dtagames 4y agoIt seems pretty clear that making diamonds in a lab could and should preclude slave mining. Wasn't that the point of them?
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoYou can mix the supply and it's not clear what's from where - citation: https://time.com/blood-diamonds/ https://time.com/blood-diamonds/
- dtagames 3y agoSo we shouldn't have manmade diamonds because... people hide things in them? That really seems like a stretch. I would posit that the exact reason manmade diamonds are rising in popularity is that they're not mined at all. It's better for the environment, for workers, and for the customer paying the bill.
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoYou misunderstand me. A bag full of manmade and blood diamonds is easily sold as a bag full of manmade stones. Not true with alternatives
- NBJack 4y agoCitation needed. You suggest lab grown versions can be used to launder the 'real' ones...to what end? Lab grown versions are considerably cheaper; laundering implies you will mix the two, which will likely reduce what the real ones would fetch. What would be accomplished by laundering beyond a mustache-twirling scheme? How would the alternative be any better at ending human suffering?
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoCitation provided: https://time.com/blood-diamonds/ https://time.com/blood-diamonds/
- NBJack 3y agoThank you for providing that article; it was great. I was unable to find a reference to lab-grown diamonds and their contribution to diamond laundering. Can you help me find that here?