Glowing trees to one day replace street lights

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    I'm not really a fan of messing with nature, but forced to choose between manipulating it and destroying it, I'd choose the former.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21144766

     
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      Sounds a good idea. :blue thumb:

      What happens if you need a 'blackout'?
       
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        I guess we'd be in bother:biggrin:

        Are we ever likely to need a blackout again? I totally get the idea from WW2, when bomber crews had to navigate the last little bit by sight, but I think nowadays if there's a war on that scale, somebody just sets the satnav on an exocet and presses a button then has a cup of tea.
         
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          Maybe the trees can be bred to throw out chaff up to hundreds of miles away :)
           
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