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We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
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As polyethylene is just carbon and hydrogen, could microbes that are powered by hydrogen produce something useful like carbon nanotubes or graphene?
There's trillions of undiscovered Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, and Protists
It's not unreasonable to assume we could find a combination that utilises solar power to break it down in a beneficial manner
Flash joule tech looks promising as well
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-joule-technique-efficiently-would-be-pollution.html
I think some of the stuff the microbes can do are just bloody awesome.