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minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoAnd if you need synthetic graphite, it sounds like this is something that can be produced rather than mined, making this more a production issue. Sounds like rubber.
minus-squarenekandrolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoA lot of things are production issues rather than technology issues: semiconductors, cars, artillery shells… IBM had a 2nm chip in 2021. Trevithick had an automotive in 1801. Doesn’t mean it’s easy.
And if you need synthetic graphite, it sounds like this is something that can be produced rather than mined, making this more a production issue.
Sounds like rubber.
A lot of things are production issues rather than technology issues: semiconductors, cars, artillery shells… IBM had a 2nm chip in 2021. Trevithick had an automotive in 1801.
Doesn’t mean it’s easy.