#(manufacturing)

[supplyside]

steel plant

[outspokenblackman]

[arcadebroke]

[hope-for-the-planet]

It’s Bulletproof, Fire-Resistant and Stronger Than Steel. It’s Superw…

From the article:

A strange new substance will begin rolling off the assembly line: soft wood transformed at the molecular level into something stronger than steel yet one-sixth the weight. Its name is, maybe, a bit on the nose: Superwood. Its maker, startup InventWood, says it could someday replace steel I-beams in the skeleton of a building, while being impact-resistant enough for bulletproof doors. It’s also fire resistant—the outside carbonizes in a way that protects the inside, and it won’t sag in a fire like steel. It would be a coup if the company can replace a good chunk of construction-grade steel and concrete with scrap wood that is otherwise unusable waste.

For anyone wondering why this is potentially exciting from an environmental level, concrete and steel production are both manufacturing areas that are particularly difficult to decarbonize. Steel because creating and working with it requires such intense heat that is very difficult to create with clean energy, concrete for similar high heat reasons and that the chemical creation of cement inherently releases carbon dioxide.

If we could replace even a significant fraction of these materials with "Superwood" that could go a long way in cutting emissions--as well as recycling otherwise unusable wood waste.

[reality-detective]

The mainstream media doesn’t want you to see this because it doesn’t fit their narrative.

A North Carolina furniture company, Bob Timberlake Gallery, says it has doubled its sales from last year—largely due to buyers seeking to avoid tariffs and choosing American-made products.

“The market—it could not have been better for us,” said veteran and owner Bob Timberlake.

Trump’s tariffs are working—but not the way the elites want. Just imagine if we wouldn’t be dependent on China. 🤔

[saywhat-politics]

A miserable year for workers

[prokopetz]

I like the idea of modular figurines in theory, but in practice most of them don't seem to have the manufacturing tolerances for it. Basically every Nendoroid figurine I've ever owned has been a light breeze away from spraying random anime girl parts all over the room, and I'm not sure if it's that I have bad luck with quality control, or whether they're just Like That.