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dominik
on Jan 20, 2009
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Liquid Wood Is Plastic of Tomorrow, Say Scientists...
True, but cost depends on scale. And economies of scale can quickly make the expensive cheap.
anuraggoel
on Jan 20, 2009
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Cost goes down with scale only when scaling is cheap, but the article also does not mention the production technology's ability to scale cheaply.
noonespecial
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Nor does it mention the actual energy required to make the stuff. It very well may require more fossil fuels in energy to make it than using the same oil directly in plastic.
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