Quote Originally Posted by Dodyai View Post
Thanks for posting prices.

Do we have to worry about the following topic?

globalrubbermarkets.com/50473/china-makes-major-stride-natural-rubber-substitution-development.html



Chinese scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the development of a domestic source of natural rubber, according to the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

China makes major stride in natural rubber substitution development

The institute announced on Sept. 3 that it has drafted a high-quality genome sequence, which includes over 46,000 genes, of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, an experimental source of natural rubber more commonly known as Russian dandelion.

The achievement is set to reduce China’s dependency on natural rubber imports. Currently, over 80 percent of the country’s natural rubber is imported. China started to research natural rubber substitutions in 2015.
Worry? Not in my lifetime. In the far future ahead, possibly yes.
Europe and the US have been experimenting with dandelions for decades. As you may be aware, grab a dandelion, break the stalk and a white latex type liquid comes out. The problem being, in the West, land, and hence land prices is just too valuable.
Whereas, China is a huge country and would have no problem creating a dandelion field the size of Holland and Belgium combined.