[tombert]

Oh, Futurama had an episode about something like this [0]

Eventually the clones turn all the water in the world to alcohol!

[0] https://theinfosphere.org/Benderama

[jaredwiener]

and of course, there's an XKCD for that https://xkcd.com/865/

[komali2]

Someone also just wrote a sequel to Crichton's Andromeda Strain that was kinda a little entertaining but not at all Crichton-like. Quite disappointing.

[dynamite-ready]

Speaking of Michael Crichton, he'd actually wrote this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(novel)

Which is pretty much the exact same concept.

Entertaining book. Made me a fan.