On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> > My idea is to try to use genetic engineering to make the cockroach more attractive. <br></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I'll work on that, but I have another idea, splice the 7 genes that rose plants use to make proteins that smell nice into E coli bacteria which is ubiquitous in the human gut; then if you were to fart in a elevator you'd be doing the other passengers a favor as they are invigorated by the gentile fragrance of rose petals. Even better I would not be bragging or condescending but simply stating a objective fact when I say "My shit don't stink".<br>
<br>Another idea that is actually being worked on is to make bio-luminescent plants. It's been estimated that if just 0.02 percent of the energy a plant obtains from photosynthesis were used to make Luciferase, the protein that fireflys use, a medium sized tree would be as bright as a streetlamp <br>
<br> John K Clark<br> <br></div></div>