Russian Dandelion plant offers solution to global rubber shortage(theguardian.com)

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Russian Dandelion plant offers solution to global rubber shortage

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/17/plantwatch-russian-dandelion-solution-global-rubber-shortage

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Nice...but no mention of the how the rubber's cost compares to traditional sources, nor per-acre yield, nor other factors.

It'd be nice to assume that their investors are rational. But lots of supposedly-rational money has been squandered re-inventing the square wheel of vertical farming.

antibull25 dni temu