> The big difference is that the chines communist party is actively suppressing messages And prosecuting people who go against the governments narrative.
Even if that was being done in the USA, that does not make it ok for China to do it and in that case both should be criticised. Otherwise that's just whataboutism and should not be tolerated.
The speed at which that cargo was moving makes me question whether this could ever be scaled up enough to generate a non-negligible amount of power, let alone enough to solve any particular power requirements we currently have.
What about power requirements we don't currently have? Ideas like these might become useful for building technology that interacts with building blocks of life in a different way than a bulk process (like lithography).
I don't think it's a failure of imagination on my part. It's just we already have a variety of technologies available that cover the low end of the power generation and using bacteria in this way would never compete with what is already out there.
That's not to say there isn't practical applications to this research. I just can't see power generation being one of them.
Agree that markets selling live animals should be banned or at least monitored more strictly. Do not think the other two points are relevant. Regarding cities, if you look at Chinese society and economy, urbanization is a very positive force that contributed hugely to people's wellbeing, including health. Also BTW Chinese cities are probably the safest cities in the world. Regarding hukou, it limits access to education and house/car buying, much more than healthcare access. Actually a lot of rural residents routines go to big cities to get healthcare service.
How much power does this consume? Can it be battery powered? I wish there was a requirement for ads to list all the bill of materials they used and links to specifications.
If there are fish in the river at all, the biological diversity could be limited by the inability for those fish to wander beyond their side of the dam. I am not sure if there are salmonid fish there, or other fish that require swimming upstream to reproduce. I would doubt it that far inland.
