Re: Microbes that eat oil and have a 100% safe byproduct

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From: Richard Ottolini
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:00

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Out of curiosity,
1) How does one keep these microbes away from petroleum deposits in the
ground?  The world's oil may go away then.  One answer is that they may
require free oxygen to consume oil.
2) What are "safe byproducts"?  From an air pollution point of view
CO2 or CH4 might be considered safe, but not from a greenhouse point of
view.  Image if run-away microbes turned the world's petroleum deposits
into greenhouse gases.

I think these are unlikely speculations, but wonder what stops them.

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