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The article explains that they use the bacteria to basically break down the plastic into two solutions, which they ultimately recombine into plastic—seemingly out of lack of any other practical use for the results.

I’m not a scientist, I don’t know what could be a better use for the results of the bacteria doing their job. And seemingly, neither do the scientists, but it’s still a very young project in the grand scheme of things.

Since 2021, a French company named Carbios has been running an operation that uses a bacterial enzyme to process about 250kg of PET plastic waste every day, breaking it down into its precursor molecules, which can then be made directly into new plastic. It’s not quite composting it back into the earth itself, but Carbios has achieved the holy grail of plastic recycling, bringing it much closer to an infinitely recyclable material like glass or aluminium.

That’s a significant step forward from when the last time I read up on the plastic eating bacteria. Granted, I’d prefer it if it was recycled into something other than more plastic… but I’ll still take it.

Megalovania intensifies.

She’s not technically a star, so I’m under the impression there’s a limit to how many episodes she can appear in per season.

The cutscenes feel like they were inspired by something like “Lady Lovelylocks”… which isn’t a bad thing… but the game itself seems devoid of personality.

It seems very Ferengi to have a museum gift shop with museum coming soon.

I wonder how binding Freeman's contract with Rom was. Say, in the Disco era… Ferenginar brings Kronos into the Federation. What will unfurl?

You could, of course, argue that Freeman's contract was invalid when Rom called for the original papers… but rule of acquisition 239: "Never be afraid to mislabel a product." would suggest that the validity is a mere minor detail.

THE UNIVERSE IS BALANCED ON THE BACK OF A GIANT KOALA!

It warms my cold black heart hearing that his stalling tactics aren’t working anymore.

While governments can't directly manipulate Lemmy, you should still operate on the assumption that nothing you do here is anonymous.

Currently, if your taxes are under the rebate, your tax incentive is only as good as your taxes are. So if you owe $3k in taxes, you're only getting a $3K tax incentive, regardless of if it's new ($7.5k) or used ($4k).

I'm seeing the government giving us easier access to that $3K… not granting the full 4k or 7.5k. For simplicity's sake, the full rebate is applied at the dealership, but the difference is still due for that year's taxes.

Bloody Stupid Johnson. Just the whole of him.

He’s so impossibly stupid he wraps back around to being genius. I always look forward to seeing what impossible inventions is inserted in each book, and filled with immense disappointment if he doesn’t make even a reference.

This. You have to get into the head of a soulless capitalist instead of a face value end user.