Diamonds for ever

This is a cool video of a tax-free shop advertising at Amsterdam Schiphol airport in 2014. We were visiting Portugal and Spain.

It was an arresting video.

https://youtu.be/bU8TQxlHr2w

This statue will exceed the height of Statue of Liberty by 100%

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel statue under construction (model) in India with the final version, 182 meters to be built in Nanchang will be the worlds tallest statue almost twice the height of the Statue of Liberty in USA  and dwarfs the Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The project wwill be handled by L&T in India.

Is it necessary to spend $770 million on whatever statue when there are a zillion others crying for funds of more importance?  How about cleaning up the cities and mitigating traffic problems? This does not mean that I do not like this particular statue or the other. I really believe this is money not well spent! I am sure Vallabhbhai Patel would not have approved it.

The model built in Indiahttp://www.outlookindia.com/article/nationalism-made-in-china/295605

Under construction in China (artist view?): 182 meters
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-world%e2%80%99s-tallest-statue-will-be-built-in-india-but-not-by-indians/ar-BBmgTnB?ocid=spartandhp

Here are some pictures with quoted sources:
Statue of Liberty: 92.964 meters
http://get.smarter.com/qa/art-literature/fun-statue-liberty-84a8e9b02953d8c8?ad=semD&an=msn_s&am=broad&o=35319

Christ the redeemer: 30 meters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)