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The benefit Is true of all investments. The payoffs are down the road. In this case, the environment and health will reap the benefits once 3M brings alternati
by jmathai 4y ago
The benefit Is true of all investments. The payoffs are down the road.
In this case, the environment and health will reap the benefits once 3M brings alternatives to market that can compete with the current “bad” options.
- Faark 4y agoThe benefits could be way more immediate. Less supply might drive the price up, leading to less usage. 3M killing production and other signs of the product not having a future can drive away investments into competing suppliers.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoNature has no replacement for the electronegativity of the fluorine atom.
- lyind 4y agoIt seems like there are many usable substances which are hydrophobic (usable as a water repellent). Not so many alternatives which are oleophobic (oil repellent). I am sure proper research is being conducted to find replacements. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1904/1/012010/pdf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1904/1/...
- mensetmanusman 4y agoThere are oleophobic alternatives, but nothing durable. Durability is proportional to the chemical bond strength.