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Re: What plants might be grown, just for bio-fuel?
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I'm not sure about plants, but bacteria perhaps...
As mushrooms have been shown to "eat" oil, I wouldn't doubt if some fungus can digest plastics.
The wiki link above mentions Alan Weisman's book "The World Without Us". I looked up the site and found this great video interview from The Daily Show. Alan mentions plastic-eating microbes in the vid.
Hmm....perhaps this should be in a different thread... 
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