Science- the cause and cure of all of our problems

In these days of modern times, many aspects of life get complicated. You learn things, wonder about things, read things. It makes sense for a while, then it does, then it does again.
For example, in the "Do you guys read what the other guys wrote?" department, we learn that scientists can genetically modify bacteria to accelerate the production of biofuel.  Sounds pretty much kinda good, I guess, until you read a bit further and learn that the host bacterium is a new strain of Escherichia coli, "chosen because it breeds readily in laboratory conditions and so is a good candidate for industrial-scale processes."
Uh, huh. We know this bacterium by its colloquial name, E. coli. This stuff - Emerging E. coli strain causes many antimicrobial-resistant infections in US.
Granted, these are different strains of bacteria. You wouldn't want to assume that each is as dangerous as the other. It's like, well, I'm sure that we'll come up with a metaphor that'll make us comfortable with the idea that E. coli. is going to lead us to energy independence.