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Originally Posted by notinmybackyard
Just what I was thinking.
This will only be more plastic and therefore more demand for oil (plastic is made from oil)
Which will result in...
More polution... More garbage.... More contaminated oceans, lakes and streams... More animal deaths... etc
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They are printing with way more than just plastic now. The medical industry is using titanium, there is ceramic even layered paper in some of the original printers. They are only going to expand on it.
These guys have quiet a few diffrent materals already in use, so it's only going to get more advanced.
http://www.shapeways.com/materials