Saw dust shortage to affect car prices?Posted Mar 4th 2008 6:15PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski



In the past few years, we've all heard about the price of cars and trucks being impacted by the price of steel. We've also heard about the reduction in the numbers of trucks sold due to the downturn of the housing market. According to this article (sub. req'd), there is a new raw material affecting the price of vehicles: sawdust. It seems that the slow housing market means that fewer scraps of wood are being reduced down to dust, which is used in the manufacture of certain interior components, like steering wheels. Apparently, there are a few substitutes to sawdust in the farming industry, like cow manure. This fact raises an interesting question: would you rather pay more for your car or have the steering wheel made with cow manure? Or, how would the use of cow manure in the making of your next car affect that "new car smell" that we all know and love?

可能你知道钢价会影响车价，还有楼市的低迷造成的货车的销量减少。但是你有没有想过连木屑都会影响汽车价格？
木屑是用来制造方向盘的材料之一，还有其他一些内饰件需要用到，而且可替代的东西不多，比如：牛粪。但是你会希望你的车里有这种东西吗？:D
材料危机比我们想象的要大的多:企鹅筛沙:

能影響車價的東西太多了啊~

没想法了

不会吧:烦恼猴: 牛粪？

担心什么，瓶子会来要你用玻璃和天然橡胶制造一切的 :D