• @Aleric
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      118 months ago

      I actually helped research this as an undergrad. The problem we’d always face is there are certain microorganisms, like rotifers, that can just decimate a tank of algae. Many rotifer species are parthenogenic, so it literally only takes one rotifer to knock out an entire algae tank.

      • @[email protected]
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        18 months ago

        What if we genetically modified the algae to be impossible to kill and survive in extreme conditions. Like the algae equivalent of kudzu.

        • runefehay
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          68 months ago

          Now coming to everyone soon: algae world! All algae all the time! Covered in slime? That’s worth a dime! There is no escaping it, not even a bit.

          • @[email protected]
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            28 months ago

            It’ll be fine.

            If it gets out of hand we’ll just engineer an equally hardy and aggressive rotifer to kill all the algae.

        • AutistoMephisto
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          38 months ago

          You’re basically exchanging a world-ending Gray Goo Scenario for a world-ending Green Goo Scenario.