And with so much polymer, what we really need is technical nutrition, and to use something as elegant as a tree -- imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugars and food, creates microclimates, changes colors with the seasons and self-replicates.
Sa toliko polimera trebamo tehnički hranjivu tvar, da iskoristimo nešto elegantno kao drvo -- zamislite dizajnerski zadatak: Dizajniraj nešto što pravi kisik, odvaja ugljik, ispravlja dušik, destilira vodu, skuplja sunčevu energiju kao gorivo, stvara kompleksne šećere i hranu, stvara mikroklime, sezonski mijenja boje i samo se reproducira.