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Cheap Plastic Made from Sugarcane
MIT Technology Review ^
| 07-25-2011
| Kevin Bullis
Posted on 07/25/2011 11:56:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: RexBeach
Quite a few, I imagine.................Several named Candy Cane...............Not that I have any personal knowledge or anything like that........;^)
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posted on
07/25/2011 12:29:18 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
We haven’t burned enough of our food. Now we have to convert our food into industrial plastics.
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posted on
07/25/2011 12:56:54 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(2012 is the opportunity to get rid of Obama and his Empire of Lies.)
To: BuffaloJack
You’ve gotta have something to put all the burnt food in......................
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posted on
07/25/2011 12:58:00 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
This guy approves
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posted on
07/25/2011 12:58:23 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
He was right...................
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posted on
07/25/2011 1:00:06 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
I guess the price of my coke-a-cola will go up & up!
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posted on
07/25/2011 1:11:54 PM PDT
by
urtax$@work
(The only kind of memorial is a Burning memorial !)
To: Red Badger
...And in Brazil, long-standing government support for sugarcane ethanol production has allowed the industry to drive down costs, making ethanol competitive with fossil fuels...Good for Brazil. But, as usual, "Alternative Fuels" only survive with massive government subsidies.
They still can't cut it competitively. And, so long as the gov't sugar daddy is writing the check, there's no incentive for industry to look for a competitive solution.
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posted on
07/25/2011 1:28:23 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: Red Badger
So after you’ve finished your Pepsi you can eat the bottle.
Should do wonders for those obesity and diabetes stats.
To: Red Badger
This sounds like something out of the script for the original ‘Sabrina’ Movie. Sugar into high strength clear plastic.
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posted on
07/25/2011 1:46:02 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Red Badger
Might want to check out Parkesine. Way before Bakelite.
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posted on
07/25/2011 1:52:07 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
To: Conan the Librarian
Can clear aluminum be far behind?....................
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posted on
07/25/2011 1:59:02 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Roninf5-1; Red Badger
>>> Dow Chemical is building a plant to make polyethylene from sugarcane
Cellulose pointed the way a long time ago. But oil was cheap.
>>> The company plans to build a plant in Brazil. Oh. Nevermind.
American sugar prices are artificially held to about 4 times the world rate. It’s been that way since the Cuban Embargo was put in place. That’s why sugar disappeared from colas, candies, etc.
That won’t be a problem in Brazil. Not to mention labor costs and environmental concerns.
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posted on
07/25/2011 10:28:01 PM PDT
by
tlb
To: Trod Upon
Parkesine never made it as a household name....................
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posted on
07/26/2011 5:41:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
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