Comments on: Bacteria Eat Waste and Poop Out Oil

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:09:23 +0000

Maybe we can make bugs that eat poop and poop groceries.

By: MightyCow

MightyCow — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:09:32 +0000

I give it 5 years before the bugs figure out how to eat people. Next time you get a sinus infection, your snot will turn into gasoline.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:28:20 +0000

Unfortunately, if this worked, the demand for oil would probably outstrip the supply of agricultural waste. We couldn't use it for compost, and we'd have to start growing new plant matter for these bugs... and then we'd run into the same problem as ethanol: competing with our cars for food.

By: roger

roger — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:53:57 +0000

Awesome, I hope it works!! But hopefully its not...

1) Announce a new energy-related breakthrough technology(or perhaps take an old one, and repackage it.)

2) Claim that once some minor kinks are worked out, it will be a solution to the world's energy woes and a bonanza for investors.

3) Promote the technology heavily, especially to gullible, wide-eyed reporters without a science background, the type that do not raise practical questions about scalability, cost-benefit analysis, etc.

4) Solicit "startup money" from investors, and let them know that they will be in on the ground floor.

5) Shift and commingle funds through a confusing network of bank accounts. Announce some tantalizing preliminary results, but request more money to finish the "last mile".

6) Disappear to a tropical country with a favorable legal structure, siphon off some of your winnings for legal defense against disgruntled investors ("I never promised them it would work, it was always risky").

7) Resurface years later with plastic surgery; repeat.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:55:16 +0000

WTF!!!