If you were thinking of reading the article, know first that the picture of the diamond shown above is bullshit. This process can only produce microscopic films of diamond.
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Basically the best version of it.
So are we at peak DeBeers?
That ended when people realized about blood-diamonds. But this should certainly accelerate their downfall.
So diamond tipped tools will be cheap now, right? RIGHT?!?
They’ve been using industrial diamonds for decades, they would be more expensive if they were using natural.
No. They’ll stay the same price because profits.
They'll be the same price because industrial diamonds aren't something new and were incredibly cheap already.
nah, they'll increase in price, but for more of the same reason.