[MikeD]

I am involved in the rubber industry, reducing the amount of petroleum in rubber has seen an industry push for several years now.

My Dad has been either the buyer or the receiving clerk at a Goodyear plant for the last 30 years or so. He tells me that a typical tire is 65-70% petroleum products. I know he was working 14-hour days every day for weeks after Katrina, between the petroleum plants going down, and various other suppliers out of business. If we ever have a serious petroleum shortage, the price of tires will skyrocket.

Hopefully these new tires will actually amount to something and be useful. Too many times you read blurbs like this and nothing ever comes of the technology.

[Abathar]

I agree, there was a huge push for polyurethane tires a few years ago, it was claimed that they would last the life of the car,blah,blah,blah but you never heard another word about it. I see that a lot in the medical field too. Which plant does your dad work at? We have tried to do business with the St. Mary's plant and built several big jobs for the Lincoln, NE plant.