Natural fiber rope

[Tom Dunlap]

In our world natural fiber ropes went away decades ago. There is a demand for natural fiber rope though. This fellow invented a machine for making sisal into rope.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17200803

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbzRTXuqzWc

And, a TED fellow:

http://www.ted.com/pages/667

 

[McKelP21]

Seems pretty cool, but will there continue to be a demand for it. Whats nice about the synthetic rope is that it can withstand a variety of different things.