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Old 21st-July-2008, 08:33 AM
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Besoeker, your comment "However, if we had to live without them, we probably could and would". With reference to my comments above, I'm sure you will agree that it is not quite that simple is it, unless were willing to turn back the clock at least 60/70 years and move forward without the modern technologies, comforts and life styles that we take so much for granted in the 21st century where electronic communication is king.
Yes, I take your point that it wouldn't be simple. There are many things that exist now because we have plastics to make them with. Or put otherwise, wouldn't exist, at least not in the same form, without the availability of plastics.
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