"On this broad but synthetic continent of plastics, the countries march right out of the natural world - that wild area of firs and rubber plantations, upper left - into the illimitable world of the molecule. It's a world boxed only by the cardinal points of the chemical compass - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen."

This is from Fortune, 1940 (I found it here and here.) Click on the map for a larger view to find that Rayon "is a plastic island off the Cellulose coast, with a glittering night life."
No doubt. Better snatch up a beachside condo before the mortgage rates get even worse.
(This one's for J.A.R.)

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Comments
Not to long and this is going to look like a map of the North Pacific.
Posted by: Jeff | January 18, 2008 9:29 AM
I wonder if Cast Phenolic fields a team for the Olympics and if so how do they pass the dope tests?
Posted by: Dollinger | January 18, 2008 9:33 AM
Phenolic Fields forever...
Posted by: thomas robey | January 19, 2008 2:45 AM