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by bennyhill 771 days ago
Interesting, but wouldn't using only natural rubber result in a huge amount of land clearing and then a monoculture, similar to the environmental issues of palm oil?
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We have a lot of already-cleared farmland that sits vacant or could be used more profitably. I don't know if it's suitable for growing rubber trees, but I doubt we'd have to do a lot of clearing.
It’s not. We use synthetic rubber because natural rubber is expensive and can’t be cultivated easily in the US.