If the headline makes you hopeful, why am I so frightened? I've seen "mankind" in action before. How about that Kudzu? Wonderful, eh?
“It is part of an effort to create designer bugs to manufacture hydrogen and biofuels, as well as absorb carbon dioxide and other harmful greenhouse gases.”
In the year 2112: “Efforts at defeating the microbe have not worked and crops continue to fail due to the cold climate, lack of CO2, and increased amounts of hydrogen in the atmosphere.”