[coffeebeqn]

Great, let’s create the ultimate invasive species

[YellOh]

Pretty sure what y'all are talking about already exists and it's called running bamboo. Grows aggressively fast, spreads quickly, and pretty successfully invasive.

[jredwards]

It doesn't have to be engineered for aggressive growth to be engineered for greater carbon capture.

[ses1984]

Aren’t growth and carbon capture practically the same thing?

[morkalork]

Aggressive growth doesn't have to mean aggressive reproduction, it could mean fast growing giant redwoods being farmed in different climates.

[jredwards]

Thanks for being clearer than I was.

[morkalork]

If Monsanto could invent terminator seeds for their products I don't see why the same couldn't be done for trees specializing in carbon capture.

[monktastic1]

Yes, the best way out of human hubris is more human hubris!

[jredwards]

Genetically modifying plants has saved millions, if not billions of people (https://allthatsinteresting.com/norman-borlaug-green-revolut...). Decrying it as an inherently foolish practice is silly.

[mrguyorama]

Humans have been modifying wild plants to work better for us and worse for themselves since before written history.