(March 9, 2012 at 1:03 am)Shell B Wrote: I don't have time to read the article, at the moment. I do find the topic fascinating, though. If you don't mind, could you tell me if they discussed real world implications? Is there any potential backlash to using this fungus?
The article is very short and just mention the fungus and how it can live off the PUR in an oxygen-free environment. Oh, and that, when coming into contact with humans, it degrades the frontal lobe and stimulates the limbic system as well as the centers that drive primal desires basically turning them into slathering sex freaks determined to fuck and eat with no concern for their own well-being.
Ok that second sentence is there just to be cheeky.
Moving right along. I have imagined a future where our waste streams are handled by macro digesters then vats of nanomachines that would break things down further and reconstruct them into stable forms that could be used as raw materials. I never imagined that there would be organic solutions, like plastic eating fungus, but I like that fact. In the future we might be able to deal with our waste streams through the proper use of oganic digesters although I'm not sure what the fungus turns the plastic into? Is the mycelial structures polyurethane?
