So who's paying for this bit of ecobollox ... ?
Derek Geldard wrote:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:07:29 +0000, Frank Erskine
wrote:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:21:28 -0700 (PDT), Owain
had this to say:
And without cattle there'd be no leather so that would mean oil based
plastic substitutes for footwear, clothing and furniture.
Footwear - wooden clogs.
Clothing - cotton, wool or linen.
Furniture - wood and possibly cotton and/or wool.
Of course, not all 'plastic' stuff is oil-based - think bakelite.
Phenol Formaldehyde innit ?
Whereja get the phenol ?
Trees?
Its a naturally occuring substance in many plants. And a constituent of
creosote IIRC.
Whereja get the formaldehyde ?
Methanol. Otherwise known as 'wood alcohol' Guess where it comes from.
Derek
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