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Re:Meditations on an inexpensive laundry basket by maxerickson on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:19PM (#33947032)
Synthesized replacements (starting from plant stocks or whatever) will probably be cheaper at some point. Like some point in the next several decades, not in the far flung future.
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Re:Meditations on an inexpensive laundry basket by fbdab103 on Sunday December 11, 2022 @05:08PM (#33948098)
That feels like it might be possible, but we would have to stop subsidizing corn in favor of plants with markedly better yields (eg switchgrass). That will require significant political capital.
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Re:Meditations on an inexpensive laundry basket by maxerickson on Sunday December 11, 2022 @07:40PM (#33949403)
It would just require a market for switchgrass.
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