Jiveturtle t1_isqg9uv wrote on October 17, 2022 at 10:56 PM Reply to Scientists Engineer Bacteria to Recycle Plastic Waste Into Valuable Chemicals by izumi3682 Honest but probably stupid question. If we can genetically engineer bacteria to break down plastics, why can’t we engineer bacteria to, for lack of a better term, super-photosynthesize and fix all the carbon we’ve spewed into the atmosphere into another form? Permalink 11
Jiveturtle t1_isqg9uv wrote
Reply to Scientists Engineer Bacteria to Recycle Plastic Waste Into Valuable Chemicals by izumi3682
Honest but probably stupid question.
If we can genetically engineer bacteria to break down plastics, why can’t we engineer bacteria to, for lack of a better term, super-photosynthesize and fix all the carbon we’ve spewed into the atmosphere into another form?