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Yes. One possible problem: if the bacteria also eat plastic in our useful devices, not yet garbadge.
by avodonosov 9y ago
Yes.
One possible problem: if the bacteria also eat plastic in our useful devices, not yet garbadge.
- pvaldes 9y agoYup, no more fish nets or buoys, no oceanographic devices or tsunami detection sensors, fiberglass falling apart in small ships, antifoul paint falling from quills and tunnels, no seafarms, seapipes, small submarines, 30 minutes to load a web page located in Dublin because the submarine cable is damaged again... This 'the last of us' chapter is practically writing itself.
- bsder 9y agoYou do realize that "plastic" encompasses a lot of very chemically different compounds? Breaking down a "plastic" is going to be a very specific thing because it takes a LOT of energy to do so (plastics are really stable--that's why we use them). In addition, if it's so evolutionarily advantageous to eat plastic, something would have evolved already. It's really not--plastic is very stable, and doesn't really give you anything useful when you break it down. So, even if you created a plastic-eating grey goo, it will evolve to eat something that takes less energy very quickly.
- avodonosov 9y agoHm, interesting, thanks. In this case we feed them in reward for collecting plastic. As flowers feed bees for spreading their pollen.