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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You do realise that stuff grows on trees, right?

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do realize harvesting rubber from trees means lots of cut down trees in the Amazon, and most rubber in tyres is actually synthetic

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do know most rubber is synthetic, but even making it from fossil fuels we will have enough that we will never run out.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago

Uh, not if our fossil fuel consumption drops to 0, which is where we will need to be