Or people will be food for the microbe. But something is going to happen as these researchers keep fooling with Mother Nature.
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
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.
I can’t wait for these bacteria escape the lab, colonize my digestive track, and I end up scrapping out rubber additives. Fun.
No wonder so many people carry a spare tire around.
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.
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.