Man-made bacteria EATS carbon dioxide and turns it into biofuels

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Escherichia coli bacteria have been engineered by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to convert CO2 to energy for themselves while generating biomass to be used as biofuel.

Escherichia coli bacteria have been engineered by scientists to consume CO2. Scientists removed some genes added one for an enzyme that converts CO2. The bacteria feed off carbon dioxide instead of sugar to produce biofuels.

 

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Sound like a good idea until say you get E.Coli food poisoning . If I was it I would home in on high energy centres like the Brain,Liver,Kidneys,muscles (incl 💓).That would be a “fantastic voyage “ of epic catastrophe

Sounds promising. What happens if it gets out of control?. We need some carbon dioxide for plant life.

Yeah, this won't end badly at all...

Amazing!! 😮😮😀😀

What?

Let's starve the plants👍🏻🙄

This is the end

won't anybody think of the plants

A footnote. A biologist in Brazil decided merging gentle European Honey Bees, who produce a modicum of honey, with African Honey Bees, which are vicious, but produce a lot of honey, was a good idea. The people this hybrid killed might disagree. They kill people!

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