| ▲ | teleforce 20 hours ago | |
Fun facts, the subsea telegraph network cables coating were made from Gutta Percha [1]. Unlike normal rubber, it is a type of thermoplastic and it's a popular organic plastic before the petroleum based modern plastic become pervasive [2]. [1] The legacy of undersea cables: https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/the-legacy-of-underse... [2] Gutta-percha: | ||
| ▲ | daedrdev 15 hours ago | parent [-] | |
They also got a tiny fraction of the rubber from cutting a whole tree down due to not finding a method to get all the rubber, and so cut almost all of the trees down | ||