Is this picture accurate?

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

Someone who calls himself a Global Diamond Manufacturing Industry Specialist and worked previously at De Beers Maidstone research center posted this image on Linked In. It is said to be a representation of the chemicals used in growing man made diamonds.
Any of you techy's able to confirm that this goes on behind the scenes?

 

[DejaWiz]

That pictorial diagram is just a chemical capture and storage plant...those chemicals are used by many, many industries around the globe so trying to link it to just synthetic diamond manufacturing is rather obtuse and nothing more than a scare tactic...

Natural diamond mining also uses chemicals and energy that are produced behind the scenes.

So does everything that we know of in modern life: the construction of our homes, our vehicles, the buildings that we work in, the furnishings, appliances, plumbing, wiring, paint, carpet/flooring, our clothing, our food, our heating and cooling...the list goes on and on.

In the grand scale of everything that uses chemicals and energy, diamonds (mining or growing), are but a tiny sliver...and there are ongoing active strides being made that have reduced chemical and energy usage as well as pollutants release for both mining and growing.

I work in the energy generation and NG pipeline industry.

 

[JenniferMarie90]

That pictorial diagram is just a chemical capture and storage plant...those chemicals are used by many, many industries around the globe so trying to link it to just synthetic diamond manufacturing is rather obtuse and nothing more than a scare tactic...

Natural diamond mining also uses chemicals and energy that are produced behind the scenes.

So does everything that we know of in modern life: the construction of our homes, our vehicles, the buildings that we work in, the furnishings, appliances, plumbing, wiring, paint, carpet/flooring, our clothing, our food, our heating and cooling...the list goes on and on.

In the grand scale of everything that uses chemicals and energy, diamonds (mining or growing), are but a tiny sliver...and there are ongoing active strides being made that have reduced chemical and energy usage as well as pollutants release for both mining and growing.

I work in the energy generation and NG pipeline industry.

Off topic but I also work in a natural gas power plant!

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

Thanks DW (and JM).
I read a system for ESG a decade ago from a boffin.
Every country places a tax on imports based on proper assessment of all inputs in the country(s) of production.
Hard to set up but beneficial to the nations importing because they keep the taxes and then there is real pressure on manufacturing and export nations to improve their act.
If there are no audits a punitive tax is applied forcing compliance because those goods are simply too expensive to compete.

 

[holeydonut]

I've seen a similar chart used to describe why electric vehicles are bad for the environment. Since a customer charging an EV in Kentucky (where they use coal fired plants) is putting energy from a coal generating facility into the car. In the mind of the EV-nay-sayer, the existence of coal invalidates the benefit of all EVs. But then the same EV-nay-sayer is fine using the coal plant to power a home, so the hypocrisy is very high.

This why they're trying to make these lab-diamond manufacturing centers zero-carbon by using on-premises solar and batteries. I'm sure someone that hates solar-powered lab grown diamonds will bring up how lithium and cobalt mining for batteries hurts the environment. Or phosphorous doping on solar panels is "dirty."

IMO, I like seeing people try to innovate and improve. There will always be nay-sayers and folks who are content with the status quo. Just focus on the efforts of those trying to improve.