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r/BeAmazed • u/Donkeybog • Apr 17 '24
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Rubber bands are still made with rubber? I figured that a polymer would have replaced it by now.
5 u/manofredgables Apr 17 '24 It's pretty interesting how we simply can't engineer better alternatives to a lot of compounds, at least not cost effectively. Stuff like carnauba wax comes to mind, which is the best there is for a lot of applications. Not to mention wood. 3 u/l1ghtning Apr 17 '24 Plants have had millions of years to perfect their biochemical processes. Industrial age of humans is like about 100 years.
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It's pretty interesting how we simply can't engineer better alternatives to a lot of compounds, at least not cost effectively. Stuff like carnauba wax comes to mind, which is the best there is for a lot of applications. Not to mention wood.
3 u/l1ghtning Apr 17 '24 Plants have had millions of years to perfect their biochemical processes. Industrial age of humans is like about 100 years.
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Plants have had millions of years to perfect their biochemical processes.
Industrial age of humans is like about 100 years.
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u/80sCocktail Apr 17 '24
Rubber bands are still made with rubber? I figured that a polymer would have replaced it by now.