http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/ Cool Eco News, Gadgets, and Innovation Fri, 11 May 2012 01:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/#comment-481 Ben@Structural Plastics Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:45:41 +0000 http://hippiemagazine.com/?p=635#comment-481 well, I think this would appease Obama. Even though it seems like he has done nothing to implement his plan to reduce dependency on foreign oil. Nevertheless, this is a cool advancement and I hope it makes it to market soon. well, I think this would appease Obama. Even though it seems like he has done nothing to implement his plan to reduce dependency on foreign oil. Nevertheless, this is a cool advancement and I hope it makes it to market soon.

]]> http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/#comment-413 The End of Diapers? Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:34:31 +0000 http://hippiemagazine.com/?p=635#comment-413 [...] There is plenty of it already in existance...I'm sure no oil won't make diapers go away... Ex: Making Plastic From Plants: A Step Toward an Oil Free Future | Cool Eco News, Gadgets, and Innovatio... B Reply With Quote   + Reply to Thread « [...] [...] There is plenty of it already in existance…I'm sure no oil won't make diapers go away… Ex: Making Plastic From Plants: A Step Toward an Oil Free Future | Cool Eco News, Gadgets, and Innovatio… B Reply With Quote   + Reply to Thread « [...]

]]> http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/#comment-412 An Oil Spill of a Different Sort, but No Less Deadly | Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:20:01 +0000 http://hippiemagazine.com/?p=635#comment-412 [...] It serves as a largely unseen testament to the awful cost of fossil fuel dependency, which has seeped into nearly every aspect of daily life. In 2005, on an atoll deep in the Pacific Ocean, a researcher found a small fragment of plastic [...] [...] It serves as a largely unseen testament to the awful cost of fossil fuel dependency, which has seeped into nearly every aspect of daily life. In 2005, on an atoll deep in the Pacific Ocean, a researcher found a small fragment of plastic [...]

]]> http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/#comment-411 Making Plastic From Plants: A Step Toward an Oil Free Future | Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:39:08 +0000 http://hippiemagazine.com/?p=635#comment-411 [...] published online at Hippie Magazine. This entry was posted in Hippie Magazine blog. Bookmark the permalink. ← The [...] [...] published online at Hippie Magazine. This entry was posted in Hippie Magazine blog. Bookmark the permalink. ← The [...]

]]> http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/#comment-410 D.E. Putnam Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:33:55 +0000 http://hippiemagazine.com/?p=635#comment-410 I just noticed that my REI outdoor recreation store membership card, which is just like a credit card, is made from Ingeo. In the lower corner it reads: "Card made from ingenious material called Ingeo, a new natural plastic made from plants instead of oil." Nice to see the use of this material taking hold! I just noticed that my REI outdoor recreation store membership card, which is just like a credit card, is made from Ingeo. In the lower corner it reads: “Card made from ingenious material called Ingeo, a new natural plastic made from plants instead of oil.” Nice to see the use of this material taking hold!

]]> http://hippiemagazine.com/2010/06/08/making-plastic-from-plants-a-step-toward-an-oil-free-future/#comment-409 Robert@Webbhotell Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:58:04 +0000 http://hippiemagazine.com/?p=635#comment-409 That's how deeply dependent we are to petroleum that it would take several, several years to even cut that dependence by half. It's not very simple as one might think. Inventions like this plastic are great, they will catch on but slowly. But every little thing helps our planet. That’s how deeply dependent we are to petroleum that it would take several, several years to even cut that dependence by half. It’s not very simple as one might think. Inventions like this plastic are great, they will catch on but slowly. But every little thing helps our planet.

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