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GE Microbes Make Ersatz Crude Oil From Many Sources
polymath69 writes "According to The Times Online, genetically modified microbes have been developed capable of turning surplus material such as wood chips, sugarcane, or others, not into ethanol, but into a substance which could substitute directly for crude oil. They claim it could be sold for about $50/bbl, and the production process would be carbon negative."
Due to, of all things, money. Just the thing that all the environuts claim is destroying the environment. I guess money savings only destroy the environment if they're OTHER people's savings then. Sounds just about right for the normal ethical standards of the likes of greenpeace.
I'm "cool" with it, obviously. If they want to cave preventively when it's their own money on the line. It's pretty hard to keep up with all this PC-speak though. Any other updates on the PC-speak department ? Have muslims gone back to being evil yet ? Or do we still ignore the actual, you know, content of their faith ?
The greens are pretty easy to figure out, really (from a psychological standpoint). The reason they are opposed to things like nuclear energy (and not just fission--they hate fusion too and green propaganda against fusion is part of the reason Canada pulled out of the ITER project) is because it takes resources away from development of their pet projects of solar, wind, tide, and other sources that can never hope to meet rising demand that progress requires (not to mention the tenfold jump in energy use we'll get as developing and third world countries become industrialized). But of course, therein is the true agenda of the greens--they want to hurt progress. At best they are go-back-to-nature Luddites, at worst fanatical misanthropes.
"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason."
Wow you're fucking retarded, get off slashdot.
peak oil is a lie.
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