Ron gets a no-prize that hums an amazingly addictive ditty from the 70s for bringing us news of a microbe that turns soft soil into stone. As long as they can control the little monsters and prevent them from turning the whole world into granite, I'm all for it. Although I would think it interesting to see what would happen if the San Francisco bay area sank into the ground due to liquefaction, something tells me the current residents would not feel the same way.