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by andsoitis 1063 days ago
> biological mechanical parts

What’s that?
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swores 1063 days ago
A wooden cog, a chain made not from metal but from plant fibres, etc etc.
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andsoitis 1063 days ago
And you’re thinking that the machines that produces these plant based parts at industrial scale were themselves made of plant material, rather than plastics and metals?

What do you postulate were the power sources such an industry would have used?

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