Japan creates the poop burger, solves world hunger
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Scientists: the real deal superheroes, people. Too bad the price of research is going to keep this out of the hands of the people who really need it. Starving people tend to have a difficult time affording anything.
Recycling may be the way of the future but there are boundaries and, well eating shit is definitely one of those boundaries.
Okay, so it's basically farmed from bacterial living off poop.Ilikemilkshake said:
As opposed to from cows, who live of grass... which is fertilised with poop.
More that the poor nations can't afford to buy it.x-machina said:
You'd be surprised where they get some of the food colourings [http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp] from...believer258 said:
What people don't realize is that we do produce enough food for the world. It's just dictatorship nations and pricing of consumables keep food out of the hands of those whom need it, not the lack of enough of it.
hey, some people might like it... who knows?
but this does make me lose my appetite. I guess that solves one hunger out of this world.
also..
but this does make me lose my appetite. I guess that solves one hunger out of this world.
also..
Japan is fucking awesome. I wouldn't be afraid of eating this. All the bacteria are dead, so at worst it would just taste bad. I'm not saying I would eat it if I had a choice in the matter though. I really hope many poor people will be saved from hunger by this.
The beef you eat is made from poo just as much as this is, it comes from cows, who feed on grass, wich gets its nutrients from poo.
The beef you eat is made from poo just as much as this is, it comes from cows, who feed on grass, wich gets its nutrients from poo.
Yeah but fertilising is different, thats like a tertiary exposure, rather than a direct contributing..thingLoop Stricken said:
Anyway im sure chemically its all safe and whatnot, but its still the association with poop... i know vegetarians who dont eat meat/animal products not because they think farming is cruel or whatever, but because they think actually eating an animal is disgusting.. I think its kind of the same thing with this.
So they're making a meat substitute from bacterial protein? This has been in the works for some time, but I guess this method of fertilization is somewhat unique. Solutions like this might not be viable now, simply because nobody would bother eating meat "made from faeces" when it's about as expensive as regular meat, but in the future farmland will be reduced, and using vast areas to feed livestock may no longer be viable. In a situation like that it might become commonplace to eat substitutes made from bacterial protein. Especially considering that there'll be more people around that needs feeding.
It's only be your direct contributing thing if you were eating the poop. You're eating, apparently I didn't read the actual article, bacteria farmed from it. Secondary at best.Ilikemilkshake said:
So like eating lettuce. Grown with poop.
All water's recycled.Adzma said:
I suppose i suppose, but still.. its marketing suicide to at all associate it with poop, because no matter how much explaining you do, everyone is still gonna think, ew poop.Loop Stricken said:
if population grows like it does now, in under 30 years, if you want everyone to eat like, for example, suburban americans, in amount of food eaten + thrown out youd have to cut down every forest in the world to put cattle on them for meat alone ... so yeah, nox-machina said:
