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This seems more like a gimmick than a real breakthrough. It's just resin with organic fibers in it, right? Other than it being a curiosity, it doesn't seem part
by legitster 3y ago
This seems more like a gimmick than a real breakthrough. It's just resin with organic fibers in it, right? Other than it being a curiosity, it doesn't seem particularly noteworthy above the thousands of other ways we make plastic glass replacements.
- from-nibly 3y agoAgreed, especially if the solution is just to cram a resin into the wood. That kind of defeats the purpose of competing with other plastic alternatives. They point out in the article that they need to be better than petroleum alternatives, but they don't need to be a little better, they need to be much better. I guess we'll see though