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C4 plants are actually vastly superior in warmer climates, especially as climate change reduces available water. Sugarcane is probably the best example of one of these that is severely underutilised, but corn is also a C4
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Sounds good, but there are better solutions still. Why aren't we using much more crop waste? We only eat around 1-2% of the plant from most crops, the rest is waste, why aren't we using that as the raw materials? We are starting to use the waste from crops like sugarcane, but we could do a LOT more with crop waste!
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sugarcane is the same, but uses far less water in it's growth. When I first managed to get hold of a piece of sugarcane to grow in my garden, it was the middle of winter, so I had the pot inside at night & then outside during the day to protect it from the cold. I ended up sitting there with a ruler next to it, watching it literally growing up the ruler in front of my eyes! It was pretty incredible! I could only do it for a couple of weeks though, after which time it had to endure the outdoors, cause it was too tall to carry in & out the door
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@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay hmm my non-working limbs are replaced by metal & rubber. I use a wheelchair rather than prosthetic, but guy I know with a prosthetic hand actually has a plastic one for cosmetic purposes & a metal hook one that he uses when he wants something practical. Natural latex rubber is the primary component in where prosthetics connects to limbs in most cases, NOT petrochemicals! Probably best not to use disabled people to try to make a point that has nothing to do with disabilities. That comes into the category of ableism to do that. We're not toys to be used by someone with no understanding of what disabilities involve, we're real people. Try giving an example of something that ACTUALLY affects you, not something that implies people are hurting society's vulnerable cause you think you will impress people more than reality if you take advantage of & use vulnerable people
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@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay because that's the stock standard in my country for ease of making as much as anything else. My wheelchair is aluminium, cause that's what the government will pay for, I would much rather have one made from carbon fibre than aluminium, it would be vastly superior & in reality, carbon fibre can be made from bamboo, it cannot be made from plastic!
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much better to just use crop waste don't you think?
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@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay Not at this particular point in time in my particular country no, but nothing wrong with it, has been used in the past & no doubt will be used in combination with other materials in the future & is currently used extensively in prosthetics in countries all around the world, particularly those with large numbers of people needing prosthetics due to land mines etc. & way to totally miss my point
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@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay yes I know, government doesn't pay for anything like this in the US, it just sends people bankrupt & reduces it's entire population's life expectancy by leaving people with disabilities to rot. My government funds a $5,000 manual wheelchair & replaces it every 5 years for me, but it won't fund a $12,000 just to drop the weight from 8kgs to 5kgs with everything else being identical
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some people are so gullible
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@Trace-l7k Natural hemp is very similar to sisal, very course & suitable only for ropes & hesian bags. To make it softer than this requires extensive chemical use & damage to the environment
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@nelsonchinasamy9857 it fails to outcompete the sugarcane in my garden though. Sugarcane is the same as you describe, a LOT of plants are, particularly grasses. In warm climates though, C4 grasses will ALWAYS outcompete C3 grasses like bamboo
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