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    Meet Danny Burd.

    He just solved our global litter problem.
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      CommentAuthorWaxPoetic
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    Simple. Cool. Straightforward. Awesome.

    I wonder what the bacteria are like after all that plastic eating.
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      CommentAuthorMonk.Eastman
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008 edited
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    WaxPoetic
    I wonder what the bacteria are like after all that plastic eating.

    I believe they transform into Republicans.
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      CommentAuthorCaz_Nova
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    Well done. I hope he finds himself with more interesting environmental solutions as well.
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    Fantastic work. Makes me wonder WHY this train of thought has never been followed as it has been a problem for a while now...
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      CommentAuthorJoe Paoli
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    This train of thought has been followed in a lot of SF, when the plastic eating bacteria eats every last artificial polymer on earth.

    I will weep for all the polyester leisure suits when that happens.
    • CommentAuthorSRT
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    I just bring my own cloth bag when I go to the grocery store.

    But this works too. Actually, it's very cool that he figured that out in his own home -- I wish I had that kind of initiative, to say nothing of my knowledge of science.
    • CommentAuthorRenThing
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    This is more in response to what Joe Paoli said - What happens when it gets free and does eat most of the plastic in the world?
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    that's fantastic. i hope the kid takes out all the right patents and whatnot in order that his idea isn't stolen from underneath him!
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    Good point Joe! At least we'll be plastics free...
    • CommentAuthorpi8you
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    @RenThing - High Comedy?
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    Clearly the main consequence of this will be a riveting sequel to The Andromeda Strain.
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      CommentAuthorJoe Paoli
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008 edited
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    @synthsapien
    Good point Joe! At least we'll be plastics free...
    They'll probably switch back to paper...

    But the leisure suits, man! The leisure suits!
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      CommentAuthorwilliac
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008
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    The unintended consequences could be interesting, but seriously, science is awesome.
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    The thing is, these bugs already occur in nature - after all, all he did to find them was leave a petri dish lying about. So they can't "get loose" as it were: they're already out there, eating plastic bags. Just really slowly, and in small numbers. What he's done is increase the concentration of the little buggers to useful levels.
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    I heartily approve of this mad science.
    • CommentAuthorKosmopolit
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2008
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    Now he needs to find a way to harvest the bacteria to feed the starving.
    • CommentAuthorRenThing
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2008
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    @pi8you

    Definitely, depending on how fast the virus works.
    • CommentAuthordoublewulf
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2008
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    Waitaminute...yeast, bacteria, water...can you ferment the results? Move over bathtub gin, here comes baggy-beer.
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    Industri-ale, wulf?
    Maybe plastic b-lager?

    I dare somebody to make a vodka pun. Can't be done, I say.

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