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Plastic - fantasic?

Started 6 months ago | Discussion thread
ulfie
ulfie
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Misnomer.
In reply to jalywol, 6 months ago

Polycarbonates actually.  Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft uses their cousin "composite materials."  If you'd fly in that plane, you'd do well with buying and using "plastic" component lenses too.

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