BeboSep 30, 2023

We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

https://literature.cafe/post/2003549

We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world - literature.cafe

When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve our waste crisis. But will it work?

Show threadmqvisionarySep 30, 2023
Who knows what its consequences are? How about a simpler approach, like reducing plastic use maybe instead of some pie in the sky project?
Show threadsab

Making a nuclear bomb is much easier than keeping people from using it once it's made.

Natural science is difficult, but getting people to do the right thing is almost impossible.

Sep 30, 2023 at 3:36pmWeb
Show threadTheGreenGolemSep 30, 2023
Let’s be real: humanity will never do anything that even slightly inconveniences us. We need to solve our problems with “power”: microplastic-eating bacteria, blocking the sun, creating fresh water from salt water, terraforming another planet, anything but convincing the crowds to stop their shit.
Show threadsourSep 30, 2023
do you mean not making it