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minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·12 days agoWeren’t there like, several millions of years where trees evolved but nothing had come yet to break down wood, so like, generations of dead forest just fell on top of each other until some fungus was like “that looks yummy”?
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·12 days agoThe molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·12 days agoFirst, we bio-engineer bacteria and fungi to prefer plastic as food. Second, these bacteria become a serious endopathogen in the human body while scavenging our precious bodily microplastics. Third, we engineer a bacteriophage to attack the bacteria in our brains. Fourth… The whole human comedy just keeps going and going
minus-squareOrganicMustard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·12 days agoThe beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death
minus-squarejaded_genie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoExactly the reference I thought of reading this
minus-squareTwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 days agoI know an old woman who swallowed a fly…
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoYes, that is how we got coal.
Weren’t there like, several millions of years where trees evolved but nothing had come yet to break down wood, so like, generations of dead forest just fell on top of each other until some fungus was like “that looks yummy”?
The molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.
Next is plastics
First, we bio-engineer bacteria and fungi to prefer plastic as food.
Second, these bacteria become a serious endopathogen in the human body while scavenging our precious bodily microplastics.
Third, we engineer a bacteriophage to attack the bacteria in our brains.
Fourth…
The whole human comedy just keeps going and going
The beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death
Exactly the reference I thought of reading this
I know an old woman who swallowed a fly…
Yes, that is how we got coal.