Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

The Blaze ^ | May 14, 2018 | Digital Shorts

[Delta 21]

They thought they knew so much.

[Psalm 73]

"The Andromeda Strain (1971)"

First thing I thought of when I saw the headline.
Read it when it first came out and again a few years ago.

[Oatka]

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

"Capt. Morton: [code phrase] There's a fire, sir."

Oh oh.

[fruser1]

So they’re going to drop plastic bag taxes now right?

[Renegade]

That was the first movie I saw that actually followed the storyline of the book.

[Bubba_Leroy]

[metmom]

That’s exactly what i was thinking.

What with all the plastic in our lives and so many things that depend on it, I could see this easily backfiring.

[catnipman]

end of the world as we know it if this thing actually works and escapes control ...

[Secret Agent Man]

Metal, wood, bakelite, ivory, tin, porcelain...

[Drago]

Great Si-Fy!! But this is an enzyme not a bacteria, so would only work where applied by humans.

[metmom]

For now........

[pepsi_junkie]

News from the future: "particles left behind by plastic eating enzyme making everybody sterile".

Or something like that.

[RinaseaofDs]

Journalists are unfamiliar with the conservation of mass.

The follow up question was, “Break it down into what, exactly?”

I’m sure the average ready has got ‘Pac Man’ in their head.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

It appears one has already been mad to degrade plastic. The dash boards of my last Dodge trucks are falling into pieces.

[21twelve]

Thanks - I was trying to remember what classic movie that was from.

[knarf]

and 100 octane gas at the pump for .89 a gallon.

[Ozark Tom]

Earth First! would weaponize it.