Comments on: Company Announces Breakthrough in Converting Plants to Gasoline in One Step

By: Daton L. Fluker

Daton L. Fluker — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:52:24 +0000

Research is being done on animal hybrids. What if a scientist made a microbe–slash–zombie parasite, which infects red ants in the tropical forest, by mixing parasite DNA with, human and Microbes RNA. What these parasites do is affect the brain of the insect, taking over the insect’s brain. If a scientist could transfer, human DNA, parasitic DNA, and microbe DNA, in the same fetus, he or she could possibly make a zombie virus, or a zombie microbe, which could control the human mind. Possibly, it would bore tiny holes through the cerebrum and take control of the nervous system. One of the parasitic creatures I am talking about is the Fluke worm. I only thought of this because someone said something about zombies. I hope LSD is aware of this.

By: mike gross

mike gross — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:24:44 +0000

nice comments guys…all very thought provok’n…to a point!!! As an ex-trooper of the elite 82airborne…its sounds to me a little chickenish! The best solution is to simply plant an All AMERICAN flag on ANY geo locale on the planet that puk’n copius black goo ..just claim it as US territory. What the F… R the fairyass Arabs gonna do?

By: calvin

calvin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:18:35 +0000

What if yeast and existing bacteria mutated? There are already micro-organisms that can metabolize any type of cellulose. The breakthrough here is simply that the bacteria itself can now produce the enzymes to convert sugars to fuel.

If you really believe in such outlandish scenarios, then what LS9 is doing is irrelevant. I mean, would turning all plant life into clouds of methane be any better than gasoline? Because that's the only difference between this genetically engineered bacteria and the thousands of preexisting microbes that can already ferment biomass and have been doing so for millions of years.

By: kballs

kballs — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:23:25 +0000

So, they need a catalyst and a warm tank… what if they mutated? Turn forests into the land of 1000 gasoline lakes… new meaning to the term “forest fire”, and even if it didn’t burn, massive massive smog. Zombies would have a hard time in that mess. Now dragons, they would love it!

By: vapsa56

vapsa56 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:46:21 +0000

Zombies....

Well you may be right in that one Dom since all plant life would turn into pools of diesel fuel we would have to eat one another to survive if we don't sufficate through lack of oxygen first.

By: calvin

calvin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:11:22 +0000

It appears that the bacteria still need to be put in a fermentation tank with a catalyst. It’s unlikely that you’ll find these conditions in the wild. So even if some bacteria do escape, it’s unlikely to have any significant impact on the environment (a greater risk is that your next beer will contain a little oil in it).

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:36:59 +0000

Do they have an antidote?

If not...deep 6 LS9 now.

By: FooBarSys

FooBarSys — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:06:54 +0000

LS9′s invention will turn our green forests into oily goos.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:22:47 +0000

bla bla hits the nail right on the head… just imagine an accidental release over a forest. the devastation could be beyond belief if these things get out of control. come to think of it, terrorists would love to get their hands on this stuff.

By: Dom

Dom — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:05:41 +0000

"So the question again is what would happen is this microbe were to ever get out into the general environment?"

Zombies.