Gribble Power!

JohnTaylor · Post by **JohnTaylor** » 14 Mar 2010, 18:29

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.)

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 15 Mar 2010, 21:07

Just you bloody wait til a bunch of them escape and eat all our trees

I'm not usually this pessimistic!

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 16 Mar 2010, 03:05

RenewableCandy wrote:Just you bloody wait til a bunch of them escape and eat all our trees

I'm not usually this pessimistic!

We'd be in trouble by then anyway because the trees would have to be under seawater.