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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 8, 2015, at 5:37 AM, Rafal Smigrodzki <<a href="mailto:rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com" class="">rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:24 AM, John Grigg <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:possiblepaths2050@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">possiblepaths2050@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><p style="text-align:justify" class="">"It's
the first fungus ever found to survive on only polyurethane, no oxygen
needed, which is why they want to use it at the bottom of landfills."</p><br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.minds.com/blog/view/428263953315926016/fungi-eat-plastic-and-can-survive-without-oxygen-may-clean-ocean-and-landfills" target="_blank" class="">https://www.minds.com/blog/view/428263953315926016/fungi-eat-plastic-and-can-survive-without-oxygen-may-clean-ocean-and-landfills</a><span class=""><font color="#888888" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></font></span></div></blockquote><div class="">### The comment at this link, "<span style="font-family: Helvetica, arial, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;" class="">Maybe the mushrooms heard our call and through meiosis, were able to rapidly develop to save the planet from the plastic", is emblematic of what's wrong with so many in our society: When a potential massive threat to human well-being is identified, all that they say is "Let's hope it turns out even worse".</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>