Cork: Is this nature's most versatile material? - BBC REEL 

I'll gladly second that.

Bamboo is an incredible natural material, but I would put both hemp and cork ahead of it for versatility, just for their insulation properties alone. Few things grow more quickly and easily than hemp. Cork is also virtually fireproof. Can you say that about bamboo?

Cork has many more uses than bamboo

@@jackspencer8290 And the acorn of this oak is eatable too, if you boil it I mean.

It can only be harvested every 9 years and it has to wait for 15 years before the 1rst harvest.

@@SiRcErOn_YuLmEr so what is your point?

@@fabolvaskarika7940 Because of such delays, I'm pretty sure gangs will never be interested in such a business. They want easy monney and short term investments. In Portugal we say that planting a cork oak tree is done gift made to grandchildren. So before being able to benefit from this, those people will have to be extremely patient.

Whaaaat? Who throws that away? We always keep ours to kork up bottles for storage, to cut it into bits when we need sth. soft between components e.g. metal table leg" & "wooden floor". They can be great for crafting if there are kids around. They're fantastic for animal related crafting (if they are real n proper korks. There are sometimes fake korks in bottles that are white-ish and those kind of soak up grime which kork kind of doesn't in the same way!) Our neighbour loves to celebrate or have wine with friends on game nights. And she's not much of a crafter. Once we told her we use that stuff, she started to collect and give us hers. Finally more supply! So definitely let ppl around you know! 🤩

@@KxNOxUTA My son is 24, we are way past the “arts and crafts” phase. Although I do keep them for corking my home brew wine. I have a batch of apple wine that’ll be sufficiently mature in another month.

​@@nzs316beyond "arts & crafts", cork has lots of uses around the home, studio and garage.

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Also, it’s “piqued your interest,” friend.

You’re thinking about Quercus variabilis, the Asian Cork Oak, which is indeed native to India. Quercus suber, the Cork Oak shown in this video, is biologically native to the Iberian Peninsula. No one stole anything, there can be more than one species of a plant. Don’t be ignorant

Como é que os portugueses roubaram isso à Índia se os portugueses chegaram há Índia em 1498?

Cork has been used in the Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean basin cultures for over 1000 years......The Portuguese arrived in India via the African maritime route in 1498. Do the math and get the facts.

Again, another fanatic woke is complaining...

Get a freaking grip on real life. It is a tree that can grow in many places. Up voting your own silly comment Laughable - - - - - - - - - - - - BOINK~! 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺