Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compounds into food

Re:Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compo... by talon8635 on Thursday August 27, 2026 @10:51PM (#49473800)

Please don’t add the byproduct to my food, put it in the ground to decompose

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Re:Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compo... by userbinator on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:13PM (#49473941)

Your food is already 99% hydrocarbons.

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Re:Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compo... by shymaple on Friday August 28, 2026 @03:14AM (#49475368)

even if you decompose it, plants uses the same during their growth.

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Re:Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compo... by talon8635 on Friday August 28, 2026 @04:52PM (#49484119)

That’s fine. Make it plant food, not human food. I’ll trust the food a plant produces by consuming this than eating it directly myself. There’s a filtering layer in ther

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