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Old 19th-July-2008, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by deek View Post
However, how are we going to cope in our future world without plastics (derived from hydrocarbons). Has much thought been given to this.
I'm old enough to remember life largely without plastics. When plastic items started to come into use they were considered to be cheap inferior goods.
But life moves on and plastics have made the manufacture of many things simpler, cheaper and sometimes more durable.
However, if we had to live without them, we probably could and would.
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