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Re: Uses for diamonds?

by nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Ciszek) Feb 4, 2008 at 02:45 AM

In article <djdaq3d27uk2ivrbfsitf82sl5q4opd7iq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Wildepad  <noreplies> wrote:
>The ultimate garbage disposer is built -- whatever is put into it is
>broken down to its component elements which are then separated by
>type.
>
>The inventor admits there are some minor problems with the process,
>and number 1,896 on his list of things to change is that the carbon
>comes out as flawless 36 pound crystals.
>
>It may be years before he gets around to fixing that. In the meantime,
>it's piling up at the rate of about 1000 tons a day.
>
>The powers that be, eager to have this landfill-alternative shown to
>be a practical process, put you in charge of disposing of it. (The
>power companies don't want it -- diamond dust plays havoc with the
>equipment.)
>
>What do you do with it?

If nothing else, you could heat it in the absence of oxygen so that it
reverts to graphite, THEN sell it to the coal-fired power plants.

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 31 Posts in Topic:
Uses for diamonds?
Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-02 22:28:05 
Re: Uses for diamonds?
Phillip Thorne <pethor  2008-02-03 00:22:05 
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Robert Martinu <invali  2008-02-03 06:44:05 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-03 14:15:03 
Re: Uses for diamonds?
Robert Martinu <invali  2008-02-04 09:13:13 
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Crown-Horned Snorkack <  2008-02-03 08:43:18 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-03 14:15:03 
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George W Harris <gharr  2008-02-03 00:45:00 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-03 14:15:03 
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George W Harris <gharr  2008-02-04 01:52:22 
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Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-02-04 07:46:21 
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George W Harris <gharr  2008-02-04 03:00:55 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-04 13:40:54 
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Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-02-04 23:51:16 
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Robert Martinu <invali  2008-02-05 07:33:38 
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Ilmari Karonen <usenet  2008-02-08 19:03:52 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-04 13:38:30 
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George W Harris <gharr  2008-02-04 16:46:32 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-05 17:33:46 
Re: Uses for diamonds?
Mike Williams <nospam@  2008-02-03 06:53:11 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-03 14:15:03 
Re: Uses for diamonds?
Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-02-03 09:20:26 
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Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-02-03 09:27:52 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-03 14:15:03 
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Dr J R Stockton <jrs@[  2008-02-03 21:34:51 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-04 13:45:33 
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nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-02-04 02:45:07 
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Wildepad <noreplies>  2008-02-04 13:46:39 
Re: Uses for diamonds?
Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-02-04 23:48:57 
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throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-02-05 00:08:45 
Re: Uses for diamonds?
Bryan Derksen <bryan.d  2008-02-05 05:38:19 

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