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Hi-Tech vs. Low-Tech Production Methods to Make Rubber Bands

By Rain Noe - December 17, 2020

I recently learned there's two different ways to make rubber bands: A capital-intensive extrusion method, and a low-tech method similar to candle-making, where simple PVC tubes are dipped into liquid latex like wicks into candle wax. Here's the first version:

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I found the second version much more interesting, partially because they show you the entire process--starting with getting the sap out of the tree--and also because the production is a lot more basic. (I did cringe a bit at the lack of safety features on the cutting machine.)

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This is really economics 101. Any job can have capital substituted for labor. The more expensive labor is, the more capital will used as a substitute

or the cheaper automation (capital) becomes

capital and labor are substitutes.

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