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Gribble Power!

Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 18:29
by JohnTaylor
I'm glad the thing that could save the world is called a Gribble.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/s ... 054684.ece

(It's a sea woodlouse thing that eats wood, it's digestive enzymes convert cellulose into sugars potentially opening the door to liquid biofuels from non food crops.)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 21:07
by RenewableCandy
Just you bloody wait til a bunch of them escape and eat all our trees :twisted:

I'm not usually this pessimistic!

Posted: 16 Mar 2010, 03:05
by kenneal - lagger
RenewableCandy wrote:Just you bloody wait til a bunch of them escape and eat all our trees :twisted:

I'm not usually this pessimistic!
We'd be in trouble by then anyway because the trees would have to be under seawater.