On Tuesday 24 May 2005 4:19 am, Vik Olliver wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 20:47 -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> > But what I'd really like is a machine that I
> > could set on a pile of brush, and have it turn that into raw material
> > with which to make something else.
> Could you brew it into plastic, preferably a recyclable one that doesn't
> biodegrade?
Perhaps. As I was writing that last e-mail, I started to list the steps of
paper production. Of course, I was thinking of large vats and hammermills,
but I would imagine the process could be scaled down. If I recall, rayon
comes from wood, so I assume something like it could be made, although I'm
not sure just what could be done with blackberries!
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