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Another reason is that it's abundant, and it goes without saying that it's a carbon sink. It's also an extremely flexible material, mechanically and otherwise.
by macawfish 9y ago
Another reason is that it's abundant, and it goes without saying that it's a carbon sink. It's also an extremely flexible material, mechanically and otherwise.
- mikeash 9y agoIsn’t silicon extremely abundant? It makes up about a quarter of the Earth’s crust.
- api 9y agoIt is at least as abundant as carbon, but it's not found pure in nature and purifying it requires a lot more energy than carbon and is a lot dirtier.
- macawfish 9y agoMy impression is that you can do stuff with carbon that you can't do with silicon unless you dope with rare minerals. I could be wrong. Can someone elaborate who knows more about this than I do?
- mikeash 9y agoGood point, I forgot about the doping.