View Full Version : Diamonds Are Forever? (On A Car They Are!)
This little Gem :D Belongs to Prince Waleed of Saudi Arabia.
Custom ordered covered with Diamonds. Click on the thumbnail for a bigger pix.
$5 a gallon for gas coming up! :(
KG4JYD
05-31-2008, 05:20 PM
I think I'll be behind it with a sack as it drives down the interstate....
ahh...nevermind... diamonds are worthless (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html) anyway...
I'm sure some poor person in a third world country is saying the same thing about our SUVs and McMansions. :rolleyes:
If you don't like $5/gallon gas, then park the hummer and buy a smart car.
N4VGB
05-31-2008, 07:49 PM
Diamonds are actually quite common and plentiful, even in gem quality, and should have little value. Only a masterful business manipulation plan with the support of many nations has kept diamonds as a valuable commodity. The DeBeers family has been successful in this undertaking for generations now. A zircon is only a zircon because of a purposeful flaw introduced during manufacture, negotiated by the DeBeers family! Mass manufacture of flawless diamonds has been possible for many years now.