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> I'm reminded of an old Disney cartoon (maybe WWII era ?) where goofy invents artificial rubber. The catch is that it requires rubber tires as an input. Proba

by creshal 10y ago

> I'm reminded of an old Disney cartoon (maybe WWII era ?) where goofy invents artificial rubber. The catch is that it requires rubber tires as an input. Probably WW2 era, because that's how the Nazi German synthetic rubber ("Buna") worked: It needed small quantities of natural rubber to produce (a lot more) synthetic rubber, with predictable results once the trade routes for that were blockaded.

tjic 10y ago
> Probably WW2 era I know. That's why I typed "WWII" (II = 2)
- toxican 10y ago
  I think they were just confirming since you seemed uncertain
- dmoy 10y ago
  Yes it was agreeing, just upgrading your 'maybe' to a 'probably' with concrete example of background. No confusion on the II/2.