Herzyr t1_iu6ysyg wrote
Reply to comment by Fake_William_Shatner in University of Chicago scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but conducts like metal by VeterinarianProper42
Oh yes, that would be a lovely repurpose for plastic, I'm not sure if we have bred bacteria for this purpose but I think they have already engineered worms to eat plastic, so the bottleneck so far is a issue of scale and cost it seems.
I'd love to see this for roads but I don't think it would stand for the stress involving vehicles, maybe something for more like electronics and maybe military stuff? Both industries love to shave weight off stuff, while still being able to do their jobs with reasonable durability..
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