Apr. 25th, 2005

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Just finished reading a book "King Leopold's Ghost" about the hue and cry and terror in Africa over rubber at the turn of the last century. Basically, the population was reduced by 50%, horribly killed, etc. all to produce rubber--cars needed them for tires, it was needed for raincoats, it was a vital material for early electronics.
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