New source of oil...

[Wintermute]

No one is gonna want to work out there. :<

I think the resistance would be less that the facility would be located in Wyoming, I think its more of the fact that it's a BUG SHIT FARM.

The marketing team can give it a trendy name.

"Sanitation Officer" still reads as "Trash Man" in my book.

"Un-recyclable Bi-Product relocation engineer"

[TheShadyMan]

No one is gonna want to work out there. :<

I think the resistance would be less that the facility would be located in Wyoming, I think its more of the fact that it's a BUG SHIT FARM.

The marketing team can give it a trendy name.

"Sanitation Officer" still reads as "Trash Man" in my book.

"Un-recyclable Bi-Product relocation engineer"

Might worked for the uneducated masses.

[BIGSTIC]

Or Wyoming in general. Who needs a box state?

i lol'd

I was born and raised in Wyoming. [spoiler:1y6chbm7]but I still say it would make a great Bug Shit Farm[/spoiler:1y6chbm7]

[Kiro]

Biological Fuel Administrator.

Chemical Gas Engineer.

Pooper Scooper.

[Darus Grey]

I highly doubt you'd have any difficulty staffing such a facility.

Jobs with negative social images are generally pretty damn high paid for the amount of work you do.

[Wintermute]

I highly doubt you'd have any difficulty staffing such a facility.

Jobs with negative social images are generally pretty damn high paid for the amount of work you do.

Most are also staffed by immigrants seeing how natives are "too good" for such work.

Oh the Irony.

Seriously though, it'll be interesting to see how far this Bug Poop Oil thing goes.

[Ohemgee]

If theres work. Theres always someone to take the job.

Incoming quote fix train.

[Boyiee]

Every state has LOTS of unused space, this really wouldn't be to difficult to find a location for.

I know new jersey has alot of unused space for example, but we have enough industrial shit here. Pardon the pun.

[TacoTaru]

Depending on pay, which I'm sure would be high, I doubt they'd have problems staffing it. Hell, I'll do it for decent pay and benefits. :D

[Scythiroth]

They can just take some of the desert in Nevada. We all know there isn't anything else really in Nevada anyways.

Interesting article, definitely something that could help out some in the not to distant future.

[Dmitry]

I highly doubt you'd have any difficulty staffing such a facility.

Jobs with negative social images are generally pretty damn high paid for the amount of work you do.

Most are also staffed by immigrants seeing how natives are "too good" for such work.

Oh the Irony.

Seriously though, it'll be interesting to see how far this Bug Poop Oil thing goes.

If the job title had engineer in it anywhere, you could impress anyone without telling them what you do. With that said, I wouldn't mind doing it for a decent wage.

[Izzy]

Does this remind anyone of...

WALTER STRYDER!!!!!!! WATER STRIDER!!!!!

[AoE]

Helps this guy out in the long run.

[aru]

i wonder what kind of impact there would be if these 'bugs' were let out of their jars... will they develop a taste for human flesh?!!

[Khamsin]

Are they even bugs, or bacteria? The thread makes it sound like insect poop rather than byproducts from letting certain bacteria break down organic matter. I mean, biodegradable stuff decomposes all the time on it's own (from naturally occuring bacteria in the environment), the only thing different in this case is controlling which bacteria get to do it.

It's not even bug shit, any more than your compost pile after 3 months is bug shit.

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Byproducts don't sound as cool as bug shit.

[Rysa]

Are they even bugs, or bacteria?

Mr Pal explains that LS9’s bugs are single-cell organisms, each a fraction of a billionth the size of an ant. They start out as industrial yeast or nonpathogenic strains of E. coli,

"Bug" can be a slang term for bacteria, viruses, or any protozoa (single celled animals), as well as the multicellular arthropods (insects and arachnids). Since the article states that they start out as e.choli, the LS9 "bugs" are most likely a bacteria. Bacteria DNA is pretty easy to manipulate.