You’d prefer they excreted gasoline and matches?
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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What does it excrete? I’m curious.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
At least then we could have some fun with it before it ended up as CO2
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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?
teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The article states it’s ingesting PET, (C10H8O4)n
twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Metabolism is just fire but slower IIRC
The2b@lemmy.vg 3 weeks 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.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Now that is interesting. From what and how?
EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Water and evaporated milk
BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee 3 weeks 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
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True, but it also depends on the enzymes capabilities to break things down into their smallest components.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
If I ever become a rapper I’ll be known as slow fire
SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That would be a great name for a jazz band, I think
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
I’ll be known as Metabolism.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He’s not a rapper.