Who knew that the raw material for rubber was this thin white liquid dripping out of slender trees? Our guide for the day in Ho Chi Minh made a quick stop to let us check out this grove of rubber trees. The bark is carved away in a spiral around the tree, and a small metal trough is a attached at the bottom of the spiral to allow the "rubber" to drip into a collection bowl. I can't imagine what the process is for turning this white liquid into tires, can you?Seth, Gwen, and friends check out the bowl of "rubber".
I was amazed to think about the fact that God filled the world with natural resources like this for man to discover and figure out how to utilize.
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We were just looking at a book that talked about this - cool!
How cool!
I'm reading back a bit - but i have to tell you that there was an imitation set-up at Goodyear headquarters "World of Rubber Museum" that looked just like this!! They closed the museum a year or two ago, but Wendy and i used to take the kids there. Lance and Camille are young stockholders and needed to see how where it all begins :).
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