Re: [Aroid-l] Plants that glow in the dark.



Hermine <hermine@endangeredspecies.com> wrote:
think of the money one could save on electric bills at airports. you
could line out the landing strips for night flying with
bioluminescent plants. we already have some kind of bioluminescence
in the sea, do we not? as algae. you could line city streets and save
money on electric bills that way. It is a wonderful idea! you could
also do away with the light inside the refrigerator, and find you
food at night by the glow of the vegetables therein.

hermine

well unfortunately we wouldn't save money, we'd be spending money for nothing I fear. Lining Airstrips with biolumenescent plants would be a waste as the incoming airplanes wouldn't be able to view them from so far up. True there is a type of biolumenescence naturally occuring in the sea but to take that living material and play god with it just doesn't seem right. And I'd love to see the outcome of a refrigerator that has biolumenescence in it to light it up, infecting all foods held within...lord knows what that'd do to our systems...lol....I'd like to see the preservation of native plants and less hybridizations and manipulation of plants.

Good questions and comments though, makes me think further..

kfb maine
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