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Why is US Dollar printed from linen & cloth instead of synthetic polyester?
American bank notes are made from 75% cotton & 25% linen, only the highest denomination ($100) has a security thread due to it being the most counterfeited (but even then, the material is susceptible on being copied). Notes in USD are printed using "cloth" instead of polyester (which is found in Australian, Canadian, Vietnamese or Brunei bank notes for example).

Australian bank notes are created from synthetic polyester (instead of linen and cloth), and have a transparent panel (while the 100 USD bill has a security thread) but the A$100 bill has a see-through clear window depicting a lyrebird (on the newest variation). Most of their bank notes are printed using "plastic" rather than "cloth" commonly found in American bank notes.
Last edited by Shadow-79; 27 Jul @ 7:50pm
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even small amounts of synthetic money being burned has disastrous environmental consequences on the local area.

australia has committed to destroying its environment. its isolation presents too many challenges to the king's rule, so he uses his control over the government (some several centuries running now) to have it try and render the entire island uninhabitable.

plastic money and using fire to dispose of it is one of those methods. you can claim it inhibits robogang counterfitting, as they don't want to be viewed as environmental issues as Chromequeen is basically their patron and as obsessive about this issue as all their other pet issues, but actually it attracts degenerative robogangers that can't fit in anywhere else because they simply cannot resist offending their robobetters.

so they want to depopulate the island, render it unlivable for humans, then nuke it to get rid of all the undesirable robots it's concentrated there.

the us uses cotton because it lost economic independence in the 18th century due to cotton trading norms. essentially it didn't last a full generation before it was under uk control again.

the simple realities of burning cotton, or any other cloth, leads to a lot of very problematic chemical processes that go into the us dollar. to try and make them impossible to burn except by the government, for instance.
Last edited by rabapraba p; 27 Jul @ 8:32pm
euronotes are made of pure cotton.

guilder notes were also mostly cotton but with other fibers muxed in it made them feel slighly better

I want my guilder back.
I not want any plastic fake money..
euro is fake enough as is.
Originally posted by rabapraba p:
even small amounts of synthetic money being burned has disastrous environmental consequences on the local area.

australia has committed to destroying its environment. its isolation presents too many challenges to the king's rule, so he uses his control over the government (some several centuries running now) to have it try and render the entire island uninhabitable.

plastic money and using fire to dispose of it is one of those methods. you can claim it inhibits robogang counterfitting, as they don't want to be viewed as environmental issues as Chromoqueen is basically their patron and as obsessive about this issue as all their other pet issues, but actually it attracts degenerative robogangers that can't fit in anywhere else because they simply cannot resist offending their robobetters.

so they want to depopulate the island, render it unlivable for humans, then nuke it to get rid of all the undesirable robots it's concentrated there.

Yeah because America is super concerned with the environment huh o_o How's that 350 million population working for you? Do you even have any environment left? Or has it all been chopped down to make room for houses and farmland?
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:
Originally posted by rabapraba p:
even small amounts of synthetic money being burned has disastrous environmental consequences on the local area.

australia has committed to destroying its environment. its isolation presents too many challenges to the king's rule, so he uses his control over the government (some several centuries running now) to have it try and render the entire island uninhabitable.

plastic money and using fire to dispose of it is one of those methods. you can claim it inhibits robogang counterfitting, as they don't want to be viewed as environmental issues as Chromequeen is basically their patron and as obsessive about this issue as all their other pet issues, but actually it attracts degenerative robogangers that can't fit in anywhere else because they simply cannot resist offending their robobetters.

so they want to depopulate the island, render it unlivable for humans, then nuke it to get rid of all the undesirable robots it's concentrated there.

Yeah because America is super concerned with the environment huh o_o How's that 350 million population working for you? Do you even have any environment left? Or has it all been chopped down to make room for houses and farmland?

I edited my post to accomodate your backbiting before you managed to do it.

Maybe you'd like to adjust your approach now?
Last edited by rabapraba p; 27 Jul @ 8:32pm
Originally posted by rabapraba p:
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:

Yeah because America is super concerned with the environment huh o_o How's that 350 million population working for you? Do you even have any environment left? Or has it all been chopped down to make room for houses and farmland?

I edited my post to accomodate your backbiting before you managed to do it.

Maybe you'd like to adjust your approach now?

You're the one who came after our country and accused us of treating the environment like garbage, while your own country is one big tyre fire. Take a deep breath, enjoy the toxic fumes your country spews into the air.
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:
Originally posted by rabapraba p:

I edited my post to accomodate your backbiting before you managed to do it.

Maybe you'd like to adjust your approach now?

You're the one who came after our country and accused us of treating the environment like garbage, while your own country is one big tyre fire. Take a deep breath, enjoy the toxic fumes your country spews into the air.

You're reducing it to a country argument to distract from australia being a non-country; just a vestigial organ westminster uses to destroy a nice island.

You may as well pretend it's righteous for any of them to be doing it. That's what you're arguing in negative, isn't it? That this is all okay.
Last edited by rabapraba p; 27 Jul @ 8:08pm
Originally posted by rabapraba p:
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:

You're the one who came after our country and accused us of treating the environment like garbage, while your own country is one big tyre fire. Take a deep breath, enjoy the toxic fumes your country spews into the air.

You're reducing it to a country argument to distract from australia being a non-country; just a vestigial organ westminster uses to destroy a nice island.

You may as well pretend it's righteous for any of them to be doing it. That's what you're arguing in negative, isn't it? That this is all okay.

If you care so much about the environment why are you alive? Your existence causes pain for the environment.
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:

Yeah because America is super concerned with the environment huh o_o How's that 350 million population working for you? Do you even have any environment left? Or has it all been chopped down to make room for houses and farmland?

There are many places where you can drive for hours without passing a single house, person or gas station.
Also, we have national parks bigger than most countries.
kbiz 27 Jul @ 8:19pm 
Linen allows you to put a lil wear and tear on the rig if you know what I mean.
Nearest little town is 25 miles away, nearest walmart is 43 miles
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:
Originally posted by rabapraba p:
even small amounts of synthetic money being burned has disastrous environmental consequences on the local area.

australia has committed to destroying its environment. its isolation presents too many challenges to the king's rule, so he uses his control over the government (some several centuries running now) to have it try and render the entire island uninhabitable.

plastic money and using fire to dispose of it is one of those methods. you can claim it inhibits robogang counterfitting, as they don't want to be viewed as environmental issues as Chromoqueen is basically their patron and as obsessive about this issue as all their other pet issues, but actually it attracts degenerative robogangers that can't fit in anywhere else because they simply cannot resist offending their robobetters.

so they want to depopulate the island, render it unlivable for humans, then nuke it to get rid of all the undesirable robots it's concentrated there.

Yeah because America is super concerned with the environment huh o_o How's that 350 million population working for you? Do you even have any environment left? Or has it all been chopped down to make room for houses and farmland?
I mean, we are, have you seen our EPA?(Environment protection Agency) Also most logging is done through farmed area, where tree were grown very specifically to be chopped down or in area marked by disease where it's actually symbiotic to cut them down and present disease spread. And hell even if we sucked at it, it's always better to use LESS chemical synthetic in something easily burned and trashed instead of something that is easier to counterfeit, harder to track, and more damaging to live around it.
kbiz 27 Jul @ 8:23pm 
Originally posted by HypersleepyNaputunia:
Nearest little town is 25 miles away, nearest walmart is 43 miles

That's sooo cool.
It's possible that Australia has a monopoly for the production of polymer banknotes, as international copyrights may have been granted when they first invented it.
Originally posted by Violent Rainbow:
If you care so much about the environment why are you alive? Your existence causes pain for the environment.

Actually if I'm not here god refuses to create an environment.

Cheeki briefies have problematized this situation, causing god to attack the environment to prove he doesn't care about me. This serves some inscrutable end that doesn't deserve a flogging, I am sure.
Last edited by rabapraba p; 27 Jul @ 8:34pm
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