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Thus my friend's idea to CRISPR plants so that they deposit their carbon in some indigestible polymer that will not rot for the foreseeable future. I'm sure th
by gilleain 4y ago
Thus my friend's idea to CRISPR plants so that they deposit their carbon in some indigestible polymer that will not rot for the foreseeable future.
I'm sure there are no possible repercussions to doing this.
- krallja 4y agoTruly bioengineering at a galactic scale. In a hundred million years, geological processes will have turned your polymers into some cool new exotic fuel source.
- Baeocystin 4y agoI mean, it worked for the Carboniferous, until some cheeky fungus figured out how to digest lignin. But we had a nice 60 million year run, and got lots of useful hydrocarbons out of it, so hey!
- imtringued 4y agoPlants send glucose down their roots to feed mycorrhizal fungi which build up soil organic matter.