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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:57 PM Original message |
16 yr old Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. WHERE did he find it? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He's a teenager. Probably found it in his dirty underwear. n/t |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I was going to say: under his bed, where else? nt |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If he's anything like the typical teenage boy... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Okay, what happens if.... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. they'll metabolize the plastic waste |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unsupervised 3 year olds don't count. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. good, because the Pacific has a giant island of trash floating in it |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thousands of years, hah! |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. This will be weaponized and then we're all screwed. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. ha...I read an SF novel about this several years ago. it got away from |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. LOL! |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Heh |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Let's hope this leads to a way for landfill reduction |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm pretty sure this was posted a while ago but it's so nice to read a positive story |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Activate project Wildfire. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's not plastic... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. I smell possible Nobel |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. OMG...he's Canadian...you mean they not only have health care, they have science too? |
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N7255Q (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is a pretty old story and might not be a good thing anyway. Plastics sequester carbon, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. if they eat plastic....what do they poop? |
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