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A swing and a miss. The future of materials is going back to plant fiber; wood, hemp, etc. There will be plenty of fancy composite materials for specialty appli
by frithsun 2y ago
A swing and a miss. The future of materials is going back to plant fiber; wood, hemp, etc. There will be plenty of fancy composite materials for specialty applications; but our world has been made out of plastic for generations now and updated, improved plant fiber materials will replace it as the affordable, more sustainable, and equally functional alternative.
- lukan 2y ago"There will be plenty of fancy composite materials for specialty applications" There are a lot of "specialty applications" I think, where plant based material is not ideal. Otherwise I agree.
- AYBABTME 2y agoWhy? Can you name a few example current alternatives and upcoming contenders? Are we talking far-tech where plants and other biome actors are engineered to produce materials in a particular shape and manner?
- calgoo 2y agoBamboo is one material that has seen some traction in replacing plastic, especially in kid food items etc. however they do break easier. Hemp is also finally starting to have a real comeback but still has a lot of roadblocks ahead because of almost a decade of “bad press”.
- simmo9000 2y agoIt is a financial question... Which product makes most profit, in whole? Whole includes, in part, "The Commons".
- dzhiurgis 2y agoWhen?