Comment on When you see danger coming

disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• twice_hatch@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Metabolism is just fire but slower IIRC

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  • The2b@lemmy.vg ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Metabolism can definitely create useful products. Alcohol is formed from yeast metabolising sugars, for example. Same with miso paste. Hell, we can make milk without cows now via precise fermantation.

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    • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now that is interesting. From what and how?

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      • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Water and evaporated milk

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      • BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not sure on what the inputs are, but basically bioreactors that have bacteria that are doing the same processes you’d get milk from otherwise. I’ve done ice cream and protein powder made from companies that used perfect day foods’ reactor milk. Actually was a big fan of the vegan whey protein powder, but that company died at some point

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    True, but it also depends on the enzymes capabilities to break things down into their smallest components.

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  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If I ever become a rapper I’ll be known as slow fire

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    • SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That would be a great name for a jazz band, I think

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    • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll be known as Metabolism.

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    • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He’s not a rapper.

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• qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’d prefer they excreted gasoline and matches?

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  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    At least then we could have some fun with it before it ended up as CO2

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    • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It would be a sure way to have this technology properly funded and true recycling being done: all sharks would jump at having the opportunity to make fuel at the price of pennies.

      But do we need more cars running on it as it is?

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• teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  what the plastic is made of. so any molecule that contains C, H (and atoms like O and S F or N depending on the type of plastic) can be synthesized by plastic eating bacteria. so we can also make oil and fuel from it

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The article states it’s ingesting PET, (C10H8O4)n

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