Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change
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Great news, though this won’t do much against climate change. This is treating a symptom, not a disease
It displaces the use of nitrate fertilizers, which are made using huge amounts of methane. It's one less use of fossil fuels.
That's a big deal.
@silence7 @mardanfarrox if Koch Industries hates it then you know it must be good.
Broke: making domestic animals and plants not crap out with a 1 degree rise in temp.
Woke: genetically engineered humans who can stroll around on Mercury, frolick on Venus, take a nap on the long journey between star systems to conserve energy cubes.