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Recent ones you can, but those came about during the ascent of packaged air. Old ones were just plastic. New ones you can even eat. They're made of corn.
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Recent ones you can, but those came about during the ascent of packaged air. Old ones were just plastic.
New ones you can even eat. They're made of corn.
- ianai 10y agoIt seems silly to use something with finite supply for something so simple to substitute.
- Dylan16807 10y agoIt's not that simple. We can turn corn into petrochemicals if the relative prices change enough.
- cossatot 10y agoWe routinely turn petrochemicals into corn, so it's nice to occasionally return the favor. (https://store.extension.iastate.edu/Product/Energy-consumption-for-row-crop-production-Farm-Energy-PDF https://store.extension.iastate.edu/Product/Energy-consumpti...)