BS: A notso crap idea? - human faeces plastic?

Subject: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 12:22 PM

In the New Scientist:

Researchers have cultivated a breed of e-coli that turns human faeces into a form of plastic. The thinking was, as an extreme example, that a Mars mission would have a problem with waste given the journey time etc. So why not make tools from it?

And another article suggested it could be stored in the walls of a spacecraft as additional shielding from gamma rays etc.

Now: anyone with ideas what to do with all the Brexshit accumulating?

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 12:55 PM

So an infection with those germs would create a solid casting inside your guts, like the insides of a Visible Man?

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Michael
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 03:17 PM

I think the result would be faecal, Jack.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 06:20 PM

The difference between shit and politics is that shit will eventually become something useful. Nobody ever grew tomatoes in buckets of composted politics.

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Mossback
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 06:25 PM

Does that mean we can turn Trump into plastic?

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 07:37 PM

Isn't he already? The hair, the make-up, the teeth, for starters.

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Mossback
Date: 13 Dec 18 - 08:19 PM

And the "brain"[sic] as well!

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Dec 18 - 03:25 AM

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Dec 18 - 12:38 PM

Wouldn't it be better to do it the other way around?

Subject: RE: BS: A notso crap idea ?
From: Iains
Date: 15 Dec 18 - 12:53 PM

The difference between shit and politics is that shit will eventually become something useful. Nobody ever grew tomatoes in buckets of composted politics.

Have you ever thought of feeding politicians to pigs first?


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