dandelion rubber, Tag

Spring, it seems, has come and gone in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and with it, the ubiquitous dandelion. The tenacious "weed" provides one of the earliest food sources for bees emerging after winter's end and dots...

Rubber was traditionally made from rubber plant trees, and today it is made from oil. But if Ford is successful with their latest project, we could soon be seeing their fleets decked out in rubber made from the common dandelion....