Panda Poo Yields Key To Cheaper Biofuels 113
An anonymous reader writes "A new study unveiled at the American Chemical Society points to panda poop as a source of remarkably efficient enzyme-producing bacteria that are able to break down plant materials for cheaper and more efficient biofuel production. Inspired by the giant panda's voracious appetite for bamboo, scientists began to study the fecal matter of giant pandas at the Memphis Zoo. A year of samples indicated that the pandas have a unique ability to convert lignocellulose from plant matter into energy. In fact, gut bacteria of a giant panda can convert 95 percent of the plant's biomass into simple sugars."
Re:Efficient my ass (Score:0, Interesting)
This isn't as much of a joke as you think. The number of conservatives who point to the Panda as an example of an animal that is fit only to die is rather scarily high.
They show a prideful disdain for the Panda that I find to be rather demonstrative of their real attitude, which is of a Darwinian Socialist attitude that sees the weak as something fit to be crushed, not to be sheltered.
Kinda contradicts their purported Christian attitudes. Either that, or they have their own copy of the Bible where Jesus is replaced with John Galt.