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To: DUMBGRUNT

Imagine building skyscrapers with beams made of diamond instead of steel?

3 posted on 04/19/2018 2:38:33 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)

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To: MeganC

They would likely be “grown” with nano-technology.

4 posted on 04/19/2018 2:52:33 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)

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To: MeganC

Diamond cars with platinum wheels?

6 posted on 04/19/2018 3:49:42 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)

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To: MeganC

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke:

Clarke envisions a microscopically thin but strong “hyperfilament” that makes the elevator possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise

8 posted on 04/19/2018 3:54:24 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)

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