Cars.
Since the introduction of the Model T, the rubber industry has evolved in tandem with the automobile industry – and American car culture.
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
On Pneumatic Tires.
Pneumatic tires were invented (and then promptly forgotten) in 1846. Then, they became perhaps the quintessential twentieth-century transportation technology.
On Gravel.
Spencer Wright on the National Forest System's staggering quantity of unpaved roads.
Notes, 2023-08-14
Spencer Wright on workshop time with kids.
2023-Q2 Report
On Hevea.
How the Brazilian rubber tree made Manaus – and then left it behind.