the100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1251cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foobicycles@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1251external-linkBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comthe100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foobicycles@lemmy.ca
minus-squarenfntordr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoPretty sure this was on US Dragons Den and it got laughed out due to the cost. I’m like, yeah cost is pretty high initially but when the hell we gonna move on from rubber?
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoYou do realise that stuff grows on trees, right?
minus-squarenfntordr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, I thought it was made from the crack of yo mama’s ass
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou do realize harvesting rubber from trees means lots of cut down trees in the Amazon, and most rubber in tyres is actually synthetic
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI do know most rubber is synthetic, but even making it from fossil fuels we will have enough that we will never run out.
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoUh, not if our fossil fuel consumption drops to 0, which is where we will need to be
Pretty sure this was on US Dragons Den and it got laughed out due to the cost. I’m like, yeah cost is pretty high initially but when the hell we gonna move on from rubber?
There is still rubber even with these.
You do realise that stuff grows on trees, right?
No, I thought it was made from the crack of yo mama’s ass
You do realize harvesting rubber from trees means lots of cut down trees in the Amazon, and most rubber in tyres is actually synthetic
I do know most rubber is synthetic, but even making it from fossil fuels we will have enough that we will never run out.
Uh, not if our fossil fuel consumption drops to 0, which is where we will need to be