Nothing's impossible

I have just finished reading "A Life Decoded" - the memoir of the senior scientist who sequenced the human genome. While the bulk of the bio-technical terminology and concepts are well beyond the scope of my scientific comprehension, it is a good read and interesting to learn how science and politics are so closely entwined. What lead me to pick this title up to begin with is the possibility of knowing what lies within our DNA in terms of disease prevention. I struggled through the pages for weeks (one has to be in the right head-space to absorb such heady material) to find my reward in the last chapter. Many trials and tribulations lead Dr. Venter to and fro but his mind operates as a true scientist - curious to the core and determined to find answers to the hard questions. He was hell-bent on using his genome successes to benefit the world, if not humanity, so he turned to the sea. The oceans are brimming with millions of species of microorganisms. It is known that many organisms "eat" carbon dioxide which plays a key role in global warming.
Dr. Ventor and his team are trying to figure out a way to synthetically, genetically recreate more of these microbes. More carbon-reducing microbes = less carbon. Less carbon emission = less climate change. Boundless other outcomes and science could follow in this same vein. For instance, using scientific discovery to engineer artificial life form that could unearth, if you will, new alternative energy resources. Brilliant! At least someone is putting their genes to good use.