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dickthegrouch

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26. It will be for whoever commercialises it

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 11:02 PM

Feb 2012

Until they have to pay the bill for all the useful plastic things the fungi that escape from their landfill eat.
But in the best tradition of capitalism, the bailout will be publicly funded, while the exploiters laugh all the way to the bank.

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Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Indestructible Plastic [View all] TalkingDog Feb 2012 OP

Before we go hog wild with this stuff lets find out what else it eats first before we release it NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #1

Single-sentence snip from the article: Occulus Feb 2012 #10

I read that NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #11

"Invasive Species" is what I was thinking while reading this The Genealogist Feb 2012 #17

Used to be friends with an old guy from New Zealand NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #20

and what it converts the plastic into.. Viva_La_Revolution Feb 2012 #18

Any chance it will show up as atheletes' foot in Romney's shower? HopeHoops Feb 2012 #2

I wonder if it could handle that much plastic.... TalkingDog Feb 2012 #4

Yeah, that could be a problem. He's got more plastic in him than a Mattel factory. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #5

Very Cool Chuuku Davis Feb 2012 #3

Mitt Romney better hide his hair. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2012 #6

Wow. Occulus Feb 2012 #7

So let's airlift all our plastic trash to the Amazon. The place is huge! Speck Tater Feb 2012 #8

fungi can also eat and concentrate radiation - they thrive in Chernobyl. piratefish08 Feb 2012 #9

If this stuff ever reaches Hollywood raouldukelives Feb 2012 #12

my question is what the hell has it been eating pnwest Feb 2012 #13

Good point hedgehog Feb 2012 #15

Not so much that it does, but that it CAN. I point you to the 17 y.o TalkingDog Feb 2012 #16

McDonalds may have found its next hamburger additive. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #14

I foresee no horrible consequences with using the Andromeda Strain. nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #19

welcome Locrian Feb 2012 #23

This fungi is a danger to Corvettes everywhere. n/t LeftinOH Feb 2012 #21

And celebrities everywhere as well. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #25

it also eats higher brain functions.... Evasporque Feb 2012 #22

Let's hope the waste product is gold Duer 157099 Feb 2012 #24

It will be for whoever commercialises it dickthegrouch Feb 2012 #26