re: #237 BongCrodny

The article is a little on the iffy side. Especially this bit:

If released from the lab—which, I cannot stress enough, it very nearly was—the modified K. planticola would have spread worldwide in a matter of months, killing all plants it touched within a week, and turning all soil-based plant life into sweet, sweet liquor.

Why do they think that the modified version would have outcompeted the unmodified version?