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Misleading? The material is made from coal and limestone.
by amerine 9y ago
Misleading? The material is made from coal and limestone.
- lmm 9y agoIt's made from stone but not of stone.
- dang 9y agoOk we'll s/of/from/ the title above.
- leroy_masochist 9y agoI agree it's misleading -- they're refining a coal-limestone carbide into petroleum and then making a nylon variant out of that. My first thought was also that this must be something rockwool-like.
- jonknee 9y agoThat's like saying wool is made from sunlight. I mean, it started there, but there's a lot more to it.
- Florin_Andrei 9y agoThey're harnessing the outcome of the Big Bang to make fabric for their people.
- s0rce 9y agoCoal isn't really stone.
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