I knew about the asphalt use. I was thinking of the (sometimes enormousOrville_third said:Rubber isn't recycled enough- though there is also a demand (small, but sizable) for rubber mixed with asphalt.
I knew about the asphalt use. I was thinking of the (sometimes enormousOrville_third said:Rubber isn't recycled enough- though there is also a demand (small, but sizable) for rubber mixed with asphalt.
AIUI, carbon fibre is dreadfully expensive, way to much for a high-volume car.How about GRAPHENE?
I don't know the cost of Carbon powder in relation to plastic or steel.
Also don't know much about it's ease of production, could you produce the Graphene using a 3-D printer?
Depends what sort of plastic and how thick it is I suspect.
I'm thinking primarily about how they would be dent resistant and rust-proof.
You start from a process much like making linoleum, don't you? Only it comes out thicker & harder. (What's the process called for making baseball bats out of "sawdust"?wietze said:and to get back to an earlier question, no need for oilbased plastics, can also use plastics that are made with natural compounds, and reinforced with hemp fiber.
a good example is PLA plastic (poly lactic acid), which is even biodegradable