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Waterproof Books

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-the-bubble-bath dept.

Ant sent in a bit about new Water proof books. From the article "The new dunkable books are made not from trees, but from plastic resins and inorganic fibers. Melcher Media, a New York-based publisher, is promoting books that are manufactured using a technology it calls "Durabooks." The books' pages don't absorb water, and they stretch instead of tearing. Other companies make waterproof books with standard wood-based paper that is heavily laminated in the printing process."

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  1. Environment? by Cyno01 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Cutting down trees is bad for the environment and all, but trees can be replanted. Wouldn't plastic resins and inorganic fibers be worse?

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    1. Re:Environment? by Charcharodon · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You are right for the pulp fiction type of stuff, but I work on aircraft outside, around oil, hydro fluid, jet fuel, and the wind. Our job guides get destroyed very quickly. Our TO guy that maintains them all, replaces nearly 2000 pages a month. If we had what the above article mentioned our books would last a hell of a lot longer. I don't think they intended to replace all books with this process. Besides the ultra-conservative and the nazi types would be upset if you couldn't have a good ol' fashon book burning.

  2. Polymers... by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: 5, Interesting

    - can be produced from cheap (although toxic), non oil-related chemicals
    - can (sometimes) be utterly destroyed to basic molecules by a simple (again) chemical spray
    - can, often, be reusable.

    Crude Oil...

    - should have been digged for the start in profit for electricity based motor, and hydrogen cells
    - pollutes (No ? Really?)
    - Is a boon on some VERY lucrative business that thinks nothing of bribes, destruction or political instabilities to achieve their goals (no direct attacks, they ALL do it), while electricity can be produced almost anywhere on the planet today using green sources.

    Plastics, as you know them today, are mostly polymers.

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