Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Fuel crisis solved! Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]Darkane[/m] at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008[quote]Well, nearly: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Darkane Posted at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil.

Replies Bobman21 Posted at 8:27 pm on June 26, 2008 yea... nothing to do with ants. anyway, i'm a biotech major with a specific interest in green fuels.  here's some food for thought: a genetically modified organism that feeds on cellulose and lignin (major structural components of wood) would, obviously, be able to degrade woodchips and other wood/straw products as mentioned in the article.  Suppose a single 'bug' is released to the environment... say... by a lazy or clumsy technician operating the fermentation vats.  Such a bug, invisible to the naked eye, would have essentially free reign on the entirety of civilization: most of our homes are built of wood, anyhow.  Not to mention crop and forest devastation.  Such an organism would have no competition since lignin can currently only be degraded by a select few number of organisms which do it rather slowly.  How would you stop such a problem?  Spray the entire world with antibiotic?  I dont think so... iconoclast Posted at 11:51 am on June 16, 2008 oh this is way old then TheOtherHorseman Posted at 11:47 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 2:07 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from TheOtherHorseman at 7:03 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 10:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly:     http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece     Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil.    This has nothing to do with ants. Sorry, the bugs are ants. I read it elsewhere. The bugs are single celled lifeforms. The only time ants are mentioned is when it is explained that the little buggers are "each a fraction of a billionth the size of an ant." Darkane Posted at 11:07 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from TheOtherHorseman at 7:03 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 10:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly:    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece    Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil. This has nothing to do with ants. Sorry, the bugs are ants. I read it elsewhere. TheOtherHorseman Posted at 11:03 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 10:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil. This has nothing to do with ants. iconoclast Posted at 9:50 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Byble at 10:42 am on June 16, 2008 lol thats funny..   but the fuel crisis will be sold when they make proper electric cars.     and anyways that will take years to do in research etc and take ages to make it well electric cars are already here if thats what you meant theres just inertia from many angles Bonolove Posted at 7:58 am on June 16, 2008 that's cucking fool!! Darkane Posted at 7:51 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Byble at 3:49 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 3:44 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from snowcone200 at 3:41 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly:     http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece     Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil.   *cuddles up with Darkane*     awh    They said they'd have a factory up and running by 2011 but yeah the electric car front is looking pretty good.   yay but it seems with this.. they are just trying to stop the world creating cars which run on stuff like electricity.. which like electric cars which could drive practically as fast as normal cars was invented and leased to people then they decided to crush them all.. ¬_¬ which i find really stupid.. :(.. and i didn't even know about them untill it was shown on who killed the electric car..   Ev1: http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q274/Byble/ev1.jpg the eleccy car.. and it practically looks like a normal car Yeah I get what you mean, there'll probably be uproar about it when the time comes closer. Sure Ford have this 4x4 that's meant to be like a plug-in hybrid. There'll all jumping on the band wagon now :p Tesla teamed up with Lotus to design their electric cars and they look unreal. Bring on the electric cars! :O Byble Posted at 7:49 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 3:44 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from snowcone200 at 3:41 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly:     http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece     Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil.    *cuddles up with Darkane*   awh They said they'd have a factory up and running by 2011 but yeah the electric car front is looking pretty good. yay but it seems with this.. they are just trying to stop the world creating cars which run on stuff like electricity.. which like electric cars which could drive practically as fast as normal cars was invented and leased to people then they decided to crush them all.. ¬_¬ which i find really stupid.. :(.. and i didn't even know about them untill it was shown on who killed the electric car.. Ev1: http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q274/Byble/ev1.jpg the eleccy car.. and it practically looks like a normal car Darkane Posted at 7:44 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from snowcone200 at 3:41 pm on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly:    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece    Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil. *cuddles up with Darkane* awh They said they'd have a factory up and running by 2011 but yeah the electric car front is looking pretty good. Byble Posted at 7:42 am on June 16, 2008 lol thats funny.. but the fuel crisis will be sold when they make proper electric cars. and anyways that will take  years to do in research etc and take ages to make it snowcone200 Posted at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008 Quote: from Darkane at 7:41 am on June 16, 2008 Well, nearly: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece Basically, they can make ants excrete crude oil. *cuddles up with Darkane* All 12 previous replies displayed.