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A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan

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Re: A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan

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CyberDildonics wrote: post #88
cubefox wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems to be just a marketing name. You could equally call plastic cups "polymer cups".

They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP). If you go to a country where they use these, they call them polymer notes. They are made from a polymer and people that use them call them polymer notes. That's a decent amount of evidence compared to your no evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJTLCmIW1rA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BD1xX7c1Jg https://www.youtube.com/res…

> They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP).

Polymer cups are also made from synthetic polymers like polypropylene. So are polymer knives and polymer forks.

Re: A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan

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Post by CyberDildonics »

cubefox wrote: post #91
CyberDildonics wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP). If you go to a country where they use these, they call them polymer notes. They are made from a polymer and people that use them call them polymer notes. That's a decent amount of evidence compared to your no evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJTLCmIW1rA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BD1xX7c1Jg https://www.youtube.com/res…

> They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP). Polymer cups are also made from synthetic polymers like polypropylene. So are polymer knives and polymer forks.

It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money.

I don't know what else to tell you. You said it's not called polymer money, I showed you a lot of evidence that it is.

Re: A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan

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Post by kragen »

altilunium wrote: post #63
kragen wrote: post #42

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apparently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_bholua and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_papyracea , the usual species for lokta paper, are in a different genus in the same family as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgeworthia_chrysantha ; is it possible the argeli mentioned is an edgeworthia species rather than a daphne species? edit: twic found https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40039860 that it's edgeworthi…

Found this excerpt from [1] > I dedicate this beautiful genus to Mr. M. P. Edgeworth, Esq., to whom we owe a valuable description of the vegetation and agriculture in the Sikh states in northwestern India (Hooker's Journal of Botany, II. p. 267), and I combine this with the wish to also pay tribute to his famous sister, Miss Maria Edgeworth, who has become dear to all educated people through her writings, which are m…

i erred in assuming it was discovered by a 'gardner', then; thank you

Re: A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan

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Post by cubefox »

CyberDildonics wrote: post #92
cubefox wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP). Polymer cups are also made from synthetic polymers like polypropylene. So are polymer knives and polymer forks.

It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money. I don't know what else to tell you. You said it's not called polymer money, I showed you a lot of evidence that it is.

It's a euphemism that you don't have to accept if you find polymer cups ridiculous.

Re: A shrub in Nepal supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Japan

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Post by CyberDildonics »

cubefox wrote: post #94
CyberDildonics wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money. I don't know what else to tell you. You said it's not called polymer money, I showed you a lot of evidence that it is.

It's a euphemism that you don't have to accept if you find polymer cups ridiculous.

It's a euphemism

Not a euphemism. They're made out of polymer. This is pretty direct.

you don't have to accept if you find polymer cups ridiculous

I don't and I don't know why anyone would be upset over that.

You said they aren't called polymer notes, I showed you they are called polymer notes by linking evidence. What else is there? Are you still saying they aren't called that or does it just upset you for some reason? You can hate it but it's still true.

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