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To: Condor who wrote (92)11/21/2002 9:43:29 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) of 603
 
This is an odd story. I'll have to watch for something with a little more depth than the wire service coverage. I'm not entirely sure what distinguishes this from conventional genetic engineering. Then there's this.

The goal, said Venter, is to build a bacterium that is capable of making hydrogen that could be used for fuel, or to develop a microbe that could absorb and store carbon dioxide, thus removing a surplus of that greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.

Well, the first one would be cool and everything, though there are industrial processes. The second one sort of sounds like photosynthesis. Which has only been around for a few billion years. A more conventional techno-fix approach on that front that's been kicking around a while:

Study: Iron dumped in ocean increases greenhouse gas-eating algae cnn.com

Ocean fertilization yields hope, uncertainty for global warming cnn.com
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