Better than Crap Eating Carp

[Caspian]

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol - Times Online
so yeah, looks they're pretty sure it will work. this could have some serious global economic implications

[DakAttack]

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Why can't we genetically engineer ourselves to do the same thing? Save us all the trouble of going to a gas station every week...

[Caspian]

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Suddenly, peeing in someone else's gas tank would be seen as a kind thing to do.

[WishMaster3K]

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AND HERE COMES BIG OIL TO THE RESCUE, LOBBYIST IN TOW!

I gave up on cars. I'm going to move back to NYC and get myself a Bicycle.

[Feba]

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Just because it's renewable doesn't mean it's sustainable, though.

[Caspian]

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Just because it's renewable doesn't mean it's sustainable, though.

That was the discussion I was having with a friend at work, today. They don't mention what the ratio is in mass of "trash" to mass of oil produced, but there's definately not a shortage of trash and it doesn't necessarily have to replace oil drilling all together, its possible it could significantly lighten the necessity of buying oil from the Saudis (though drilling in our own country would do that, too). That would be a lot right there. And its not like growing bacteria is difficult, a lot of bacterias double in population everyday given enough food. Definately have to know more about it before we start planning the future, but just the fact that they're getting bacteria to make oil is pretty damn impressive in and of itself.

[eticket109]

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That company is going to mysteriously declare bankruptcy and disappear within the month.

[Caspian]

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That company is going to mysteriously declare bankruptcy and disappear within the month.

I'm having flashbacks to the guy who said he got seawater to burn

[Feba]

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He didn't have a viable energy source, though, it still took more energy to get it to born than it produced

[Caspian]

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"When we culture these bacteria in this barrel of oil, we get nearly a full barrel of oil when we strain the bacteria out.

[Akashimo]

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Interesting. Would need to make sure the little bugs doesn't turn into the modern day slime monster when in contact with human skin o_O;

[Kitalrez]

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I wonder if you could get them to do the reverse of this, say to clean up oil slicks and the like. Or perhaps oil based products, like nylon... swimwear even... and they could poop... aphrodisiacs. Yes, we'd just need some type of deployment system, like a squirt gun, perhaps even some sort of beachball coating. Maybe an aerosol spray form that could be quickly applied to beachballs, volleyballs, beach blankets or sunscreen.

Yes, the conspiracy sees many positive applications for this technology.