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Bacteria evolve fast, and hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacteria are already known, e.g.: https://aem.asm.org/content/77/22/7962 https://aem.asm.org/content/77/22/7
by mrob 7y ago
Bacteria evolve fast, and hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacteria are already known, e.g.:
https://aem.asm.org/content/77/22/7962 https://aem.asm.org/content/77/22/7962
I expect they'll be common well before 10,000 years. It's certainly an easier problem than getting CO2 out of the atmosphere.
- gdfasfklshg4 7y agoHow is hoping that whole new species evolve and spread without changing ecosystems even remotely an easy problem?
- funnybeam 7y agoBecause those species already exist and we are changing the ecosystem (by introducing micro-plastics everywhere)?
- gdfasfklshg4 7y agoMy point is that changing ecosystems will have unforeseen consequences...