jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIn a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Airwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down114
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkIn a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Airwww.nytimes.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.
minus-squarerunefehay@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoNow coming to everyone soon: algae world! All algae all the time! Covered in slime? That’s worth a dime! There is no escaping it, not even a bit.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’ll be fine. If it gets out of hand we’ll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.
minus-squareAutistoMephisto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou’re basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.
What if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.
Now coming to everyone soon: algae world! All algae all the time! Covered in slime? That’s worth a dime! There is no escaping it, not even a bit.
It’ll be fine.
If it gets out of hand we’ll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.
You’re basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.