Plastic memory could replace silicon

User Comments: 8

1. November 13, 2003 2:20 PM
   ---agissi--- said:
   how does that work with plastic?! :confused:
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2. November 13, 2003 2:38 PM
   wicka_wicka said:
   Yes, because we always need MORE things that rely on Petroleum...
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3. November 14, 2003 12:48 AM
   StormBringer said:
   thats actually a good thing Wicka, since plastic is a waste product created when making gasoline. Finding more uses for plastics reduces the waste materials that would be created anyway, since gasoline is produced in quite large quanities anyway.
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4. November 15, 2003 11:38 AM
   wicka_wicka said:
   It's a waste product? Hm, I didn't know that. I guess I learned something today. Anyway, what happened to the whole "metal replacing silicon" thing. I read about it awhile ago.
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5. November 16, 2003 8:21 PM
   young&wild said:
   Yeah its a waste product, a more formal term will be a byproduct. Petroleum is pretty useful besides providing energy, most of the byproducts created includes asphalt and tar.
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6. November 16, 2003 8:34 PM
   Mictlantecuhtli said:
   Sorry about this sidetracking butTar, n.A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.Doesn't look like a petroleum byproduct to me.
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7. November 16, 2003 9:15 PM
   young&wild said:
   I understamd your point Mict. Believe or not Propane also a component found in gas is found in oil in a dissolved form. Its still considered a byproduct although it can be used as a fuel. Back from where i come from (Brunei), we have our propane burnt off. If you happen to be near the oil town, you can see any incinerator located in a refinery with a flame on top of it. Thats the propane burnimg off.
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8. November 16, 2003 9:38 PM
   StormBringer said:
   byproduct and waste material are not always interchangeable terms.
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