Or people will be food for the microbe. But something is going to happen as these researchers keep fooling with Mother Nature.
Posted on 08/06/2021 11:26:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
eColi. Ubiquitous in the gut. These engineered bacteria produce 1,3-butadiene gas. This could produce wind that would put Uo to shame.
Love, Anjin-san
If they could reverse the process there would be a lot of happy children.
I made it all the way to, “contributes to climate change.” The first use of “climate change” in its many variations is the full stop for me on any article.
That also speaks to a terrible concern if they are released and ingested.
I can’t wait for these bacteria escape the lab, colonize my digestive track, and I end up scrapping out rubber additives. Fun.
Ditto.😖
1,3-Butadienetruly is a toxic gas. From the inter-webs:
"1,3-Butadiene is a synthetic, colorless gas that is practically insoluble in water and soluble in ethanol, ether, acetone and benzene. It is used primarily as a monomer to manufacture many different types of polymers and copolymers and as a chemical intermediate in the production of industrial chemicals. When heated, 1,3-butadiene emits acrid fumes and is flammable. In the presence of air, it oxidizes to form explosive peroxides. The primary route of potential human exposure to this compound is inhalation. Acute exposure to 1,3-butadiene can cause irritation of the eyes, nasal passages and throat. At very high concentrations, inhalation of this gas can result in headache, fatigue, decreased blood pressure and pulse rate, central nervous system damage and unconsciousness. It is known to be a human carcinogen."
source https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1_3-butadiene
Mutant 59.🙄
No wonder so many people carry a spare tire around.
Lol, I did the same thing. Too much emphasis on espionage in the J-schools, not enough on sentence diagramming and structure.
coincidentally I bought tires from TireRack the other day,
I noticed that the fine print said
As a service to our customers, Tire Rack registers the Department of Transportation (DOT) Tire Identification Numbers for you automatically [with the government]for tires purchased from us.
Tires fitted as Original Equipment on new vehicles are also automatically registered when the vehicle is purchased.
Then I wondered about RFID in tires, which I knew was in the planning stages, and now looks like only a few more years
Soon the serial numbers on tires will be remotely readable by rfid scanners, in addition to the normal cell phone tracking.
True, but license plate readers are already universally used and put into databases around the country.
No doubt. I realize we have a plastic and rubber problem but let’s hope this doesn’t lead to a widespread bacteria that lives on roadways and eats through our car tires every 3 months.
yes
however while criminals may swap/remove license plates or obscure vin numbers,
Who thinks about their own tires narcing on them ?
Ever wonder how much tire ends up on the side of the highway? A group of we engineers in Houston had this conversation once and took the time to estimate the volume. It is HUGE. We then wondered what happened to it all as the volume should create drifts of tire particles on the side of the highway. The reality is that it is consumed by microbes that then excrete it and it is washed away in solution with the water.
Yeah if you look at the outside margins of a car race track after an event you see what they call “marbles” or lots of rubber that has spalled off the tires. Of course when it all happens in a few hours it’s not gonna decompose quickly.
These guys on Youtube called “Neutral Drop” call the tire dust “pizza toppings”.
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