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Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[-] Brummbaer@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

We don't use that anymore, but all of these things have been used in this applications, plastic has more advantages than not rotting in some cases.

Wooden airplanes were still used successfully in the 2nd world war and in general aviation they still exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_DR400 - here is a widely used example.

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