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Would “lab meat” be able to feed a much larger global population


Smallest set of plants to feed a populationBy how much would a human population of say 2,000 grow in 100 years?Space wizards city : Is it sustainable?Without GMO's, when would we reach a population cap?How much land would it take to feed 1,000,000,000,000 people?How much space is needed to feed 30,000 people?How much could a population of 100 grow in 1000 years?Generation ship: How big exactly?What would mammoth meat and milk taste like?How can I feed an entire population on corpses?













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I read a prediction that if the global fertility rate stayed at the same rate as it was in 1995 by 2150 the population would be 256 billion people. That sounds crazy, but for my sci-fi I'm rolling with it (albeit shaving off 50 billion).



The Hegemony needs to feed these 200 billion odd citizens. One solution I'm interested in is cultured meat/"lab meat". Can cultured meat be grown in a industrial scale? And would this scale be large enough to feed 200 billion humans. (Their diets would be supplemented with vertical farming and green houses)



Note: Only 30-50% of the population can be fed by traditional farming alone.










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    Can lab meat be grown on an industrial scale ? Well it's your story (120 years in the future !) so you're free to choose whatever answer you like. At the moment it can't. We cannot reality check the future.
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    – StephenG
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    What will be the process for "lab meat" production? Have you seen the "Snowpiercer"?
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    – Alexander
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    @Alexander cultured meat I thought was grown in Petri dishes
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    VTC OT:Unclear. What is "lab meat?" How will you judge a best answer? What is an "industrial scale?" What percentage of the population in your world can be fed by traditional ranching/commercial methods? Is meat required, or will any protein suffice? Rice + beans produces an invaluable protein that doesn't need synthetics to manufacture. There are, in fact, a number of vegetable-based protein solutions. Considering we can't synthetically produce "meat" today, what rationale should we use for a reality check?
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I read a prediction that if the global fertility rate stayed at the same rate as it was in 1995 by 2150 the population would be 256 billion people. That sounds crazy, but for my sci-fi I'm rolling with it (albeit shaving off 50 billion).



The Hegemony needs to feed these 200 billion odd citizens. One solution I'm interested in is cultured meat/"lab meat". Can cultured meat be grown in a industrial scale? And would this scale be large enough to feed 200 billion humans. (Their diets would be supplemented with vertical farming and green houses)



Note: Only 30-50% of the population can be fed by traditional farming alone.










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    Can lab meat be grown on an industrial scale ? Well it's your story (120 years in the future !) so you're free to choose whatever answer you like. At the moment it can't. We cannot reality check the future.
    $endgroup$
    – StephenG
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    What will be the process for "lab meat" production? Have you seen the "Snowpiercer"?
    $endgroup$
    – Alexander
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Alexander cultured meat I thought was grown in Petri dishes
    $endgroup$
    – Celestial Dragon Emperor
    4 hours ago






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    VTC OT:Unclear. What is "lab meat?" How will you judge a best answer? What is an "industrial scale?" What percentage of the population in your world can be fed by traditional ranching/commercial methods? Is meat required, or will any protein suffice? Rice + beans produces an invaluable protein that doesn't need synthetics to manufacture. There are, in fact, a number of vegetable-based protein solutions. Considering we can't synthetically produce "meat" today, what rationale should we use for a reality check?
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    – John
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I read a prediction that if the global fertility rate stayed at the same rate as it was in 1995 by 2150 the population would be 256 billion people. That sounds crazy, but for my sci-fi I'm rolling with it (albeit shaving off 50 billion).



The Hegemony needs to feed these 200 billion odd citizens. One solution I'm interested in is cultured meat/"lab meat". Can cultured meat be grown in a industrial scale? And would this scale be large enough to feed 200 billion humans. (Their diets would be supplemented with vertical farming and green houses)



Note: Only 30-50% of the population can be fed by traditional farming alone.










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I read a prediction that if the global fertility rate stayed at the same rate as it was in 1995 by 2150 the population would be 256 billion people. That sounds crazy, but for my sci-fi I'm rolling with it (albeit shaving off 50 billion).



The Hegemony needs to feed these 200 billion odd citizens. One solution I'm interested in is cultured meat/"lab meat". Can cultured meat be grown in a industrial scale? And would this scale be large enough to feed 200 billion humans. (Their diets would be supplemented with vertical farming and green houses)



Note: Only 30-50% of the population can be fed by traditional farming alone.







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    Can lab meat be grown on an industrial scale ? Well it's your story (120 years in the future !) so you're free to choose whatever answer you like. At the moment it can't. We cannot reality check the future.
    $endgroup$
    – StephenG
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    What will be the process for "lab meat" production? Have you seen the "Snowpiercer"?
    $endgroup$
    – Alexander
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Alexander cultured meat I thought was grown in Petri dishes
    $endgroup$
    – Celestial Dragon Emperor
    4 hours ago






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    $begingroup$
    VTC OT:Unclear. What is "lab meat?" How will you judge a best answer? What is an "industrial scale?" What percentage of the population in your world can be fed by traditional ranching/commercial methods? Is meat required, or will any protein suffice? Rice + beans produces an invaluable protein that doesn't need synthetics to manufacture. There are, in fact, a number of vegetable-based protein solutions. Considering we can't synthetically produce "meat" today, what rationale should we use for a reality check?
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
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    $begingroup$
    note traditional farming is not the same as modern industrialized sustainable farming.
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    – John
    4 hours ago












  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Can lab meat be grown on an industrial scale ? Well it's your story (120 years in the future !) so you're free to choose whatever answer you like. At the moment it can't. We cannot reality check the future.
    $endgroup$
    – StephenG
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    What will be the process for "lab meat" production? Have you seen the "Snowpiercer"?
    $endgroup$
    – Alexander
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    @Alexander cultured meat I thought was grown in Petri dishes
    $endgroup$
    – Celestial Dragon Emperor
    4 hours ago






  • 2




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    VTC OT:Unclear. What is "lab meat?" How will you judge a best answer? What is an "industrial scale?" What percentage of the population in your world can be fed by traditional ranching/commercial methods? Is meat required, or will any protein suffice? Rice + beans produces an invaluable protein that doesn't need synthetics to manufacture. There are, in fact, a number of vegetable-based protein solutions. Considering we can't synthetically produce "meat" today, what rationale should we use for a reality check?
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    – JBH
    4 hours ago






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    note traditional farming is not the same as modern industrialized sustainable farming.
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    – John
    4 hours ago







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Can lab meat be grown on an industrial scale ? Well it's your story (120 years in the future !) so you're free to choose whatever answer you like. At the moment it can't. We cannot reality check the future.
$endgroup$
– StephenG
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
Can lab meat be grown on an industrial scale ? Well it's your story (120 years in the future !) so you're free to choose whatever answer you like. At the moment it can't. We cannot reality check the future.
$endgroup$
– StephenG
4 hours ago












$begingroup$
What will be the process for "lab meat" production? Have you seen the "Snowpiercer"?
$endgroup$
– Alexander
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
What will be the process for "lab meat" production? Have you seen the "Snowpiercer"?
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– Alexander
4 hours ago












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@Alexander cultured meat I thought was grown in Petri dishes
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– Celestial Dragon Emperor
4 hours ago




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@Alexander cultured meat I thought was grown in Petri dishes
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– Celestial Dragon Emperor
4 hours ago




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VTC OT:Unclear. What is "lab meat?" How will you judge a best answer? What is an "industrial scale?" What percentage of the population in your world can be fed by traditional ranching/commercial methods? Is meat required, or will any protein suffice? Rice + beans produces an invaluable protein that doesn't need synthetics to manufacture. There are, in fact, a number of vegetable-based protein solutions. Considering we can't synthetically produce "meat" today, what rationale should we use for a reality check?
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– JBH
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$begingroup$
VTC OT:Unclear. What is "lab meat?" How will you judge a best answer? What is an "industrial scale?" What percentage of the population in your world can be fed by traditional ranching/commercial methods? Is meat required, or will any protein suffice? Rice + beans produces an invaluable protein that doesn't need synthetics to manufacture. There are, in fact, a number of vegetable-based protein solutions. Considering we can't synthetically produce "meat" today, what rationale should we use for a reality check?
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Not really.



Lab meat only replaces meat, which is only a small fraction of the global diet, and you still need to farm something to feed the lab meat, so there are few gains. That said someday it could easily become less wasteful than traditional ranching, by using plants and plant byproducts humans will not eat and even human garbage. Lab mean does not gain you much in terms of total calories however, because as I said you have to feed it something.



You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.



Really the globe could feed that population without much problem, the issue would be we would have to convert a much larger portion of the worlds surface into farmland, and start using water intelligently which is going to mean a lot of government oversigt. Aqua culture may be a bigger help than vat meat, since it is literally creating farmable surface.






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    "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
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Heck yah. I got yer lab meat factory right here!



yeast factory



https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Feed-additive-Brewer-dried-yeast-dry_60078544242.html



This robot factory grows yeast to use as a food supplement. The protein content is comparable to soybeans. You can easily enrich yeast with minerals and in fact this is widely done as the yeast makes the mineral nutrients more bioavailable.



The benefit of the yeast is you can grow them in three dimensions on any kind of land or even on boats at sea. The downside is that you need to provide the yeast with everything they need including a nitrogen source and organic carbon to make into their bodies. Soybeans can do a lot of that work on their own, out in a field, using the sun and obtaining their own carbon from the air but they grow only in one dimension and according to the season.






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    you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
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    A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
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    OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
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    @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
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    @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
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Yes (and it will happen fairly soon)



With the advent of 3d printers it's possible to print meat like products from other products.



Eventually society will have algae, bacteria and yeast tanks to produce the food we need. The only problem is it's not exactly appetizing. With additional processing, it can be made into products that have the look, taste and even smell of other foods including meat.



The tanks can be supplied with the required nutrients and water extracted from processed sewerage and output food and oxygen. Since algae is so fast growing and efficient, it could also replace vegetables as well as meat.



As best, real meat and vegetables would be the choice only for the ultra rich.






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    Not really.



    Lab meat only replaces meat, which is only a small fraction of the global diet, and you still need to farm something to feed the lab meat, so there are few gains. That said someday it could easily become less wasteful than traditional ranching, by using plants and plant byproducts humans will not eat and even human garbage. Lab mean does not gain you much in terms of total calories however, because as I said you have to feed it something.



    You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.



    Really the globe could feed that population without much problem, the issue would be we would have to convert a much larger portion of the worlds surface into farmland, and start using water intelligently which is going to mean a lot of government oversigt. Aqua culture may be a bigger help than vat meat, since it is literally creating farmable surface.






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      "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
      $endgroup$
      – Glen Yates
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      “You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.” Unlikely, given the existence of aquaculture vertical farming techniques.
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      – nick012000
      2 hours ago















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    Not really.



    Lab meat only replaces meat, which is only a small fraction of the global diet, and you still need to farm something to feed the lab meat, so there are few gains. That said someday it could easily become less wasteful than traditional ranching, by using plants and plant byproducts humans will not eat and even human garbage. Lab mean does not gain you much in terms of total calories however, because as I said you have to feed it something.



    You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.



    Really the globe could feed that population without much problem, the issue would be we would have to convert a much larger portion of the worlds surface into farmland, and start using water intelligently which is going to mean a lot of government oversigt. Aqua culture may be a bigger help than vat meat, since it is literally creating farmable surface.






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      "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
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      “You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.” Unlikely, given the existence of aquaculture vertical farming techniques.
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      – nick012000
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    Not really.



    Lab meat only replaces meat, which is only a small fraction of the global diet, and you still need to farm something to feed the lab meat, so there are few gains. That said someday it could easily become less wasteful than traditional ranching, by using plants and plant byproducts humans will not eat and even human garbage. Lab mean does not gain you much in terms of total calories however, because as I said you have to feed it something.



    You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.



    Really the globe could feed that population without much problem, the issue would be we would have to convert a much larger portion of the worlds surface into farmland, and start using water intelligently which is going to mean a lot of government oversigt. Aqua culture may be a bigger help than vat meat, since it is literally creating farmable surface.






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    Not really.



    Lab meat only replaces meat, which is only a small fraction of the global diet, and you still need to farm something to feed the lab meat, so there are few gains. That said someday it could easily become less wasteful than traditional ranching, by using plants and plant byproducts humans will not eat and even human garbage. Lab mean does not gain you much in terms of total calories however, because as I said you have to feed it something.



    You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.



    Really the globe could feed that population without much problem, the issue would be we would have to convert a much larger portion of the worlds surface into farmland, and start using water intelligently which is going to mean a lot of government oversigt. Aqua culture may be a bigger help than vat meat, since it is literally creating farmable surface.







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      "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
      $endgroup$
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      3 hours ago










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      “You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.” Unlikely, given the existence of aquaculture vertical farming techniques.
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      "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
      $endgroup$
      – Glen Yates
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      “You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.” Unlikely, given the existence of aquaculture vertical farming techniques.
      $endgroup$
      – nick012000
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    $begingroup$
    "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
    $endgroup$
    – Glen Yates
    3 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    "a lot of government oversight" - won't that by definition make it a lot less efficient?
    $endgroup$
    – Glen Yates
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    $begingroup$
    “You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.” Unlikely, given the existence of aquaculture vertical farming techniques.
    $endgroup$
    – nick012000
    2 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    “You are still going to use grains for the majority of your calories.” Unlikely, given the existence of aquaculture vertical farming techniques.
    $endgroup$
    – nick012000
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    Heck yah. I got yer lab meat factory right here!



    yeast factory



    https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Feed-additive-Brewer-dried-yeast-dry_60078544242.html



    This robot factory grows yeast to use as a food supplement. The protein content is comparable to soybeans. You can easily enrich yeast with minerals and in fact this is widely done as the yeast makes the mineral nutrients more bioavailable.



    The benefit of the yeast is you can grow them in three dimensions on any kind of land or even on boats at sea. The downside is that you need to provide the yeast with everything they need including a nitrogen source and organic carbon to make into their bodies. Soybeans can do a lot of that work on their own, out in a field, using the sun and obtaining their own carbon from the air but they grow only in one dimension and according to the season.






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      you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
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      – John
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      A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










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      OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










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      @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
      $endgroup$
      – Willk
      44 mins ago















    1












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    Heck yah. I got yer lab meat factory right here!



    yeast factory



    https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Feed-additive-Brewer-dried-yeast-dry_60078544242.html



    This robot factory grows yeast to use as a food supplement. The protein content is comparable to soybeans. You can easily enrich yeast with minerals and in fact this is widely done as the yeast makes the mineral nutrients more bioavailable.



    The benefit of the yeast is you can grow them in three dimensions on any kind of land or even on boats at sea. The downside is that you need to provide the yeast with everything they need including a nitrogen source and organic carbon to make into their bodies. Soybeans can do a lot of that work on their own, out in a field, using the sun and obtaining their own carbon from the air but they grow only in one dimension and according to the season.






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      you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
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      – John
      4 hours ago










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      A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










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      OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










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      @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
      $endgroup$
      – Willk
      44 mins ago













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    $begingroup$

    Heck yah. I got yer lab meat factory right here!



    yeast factory



    https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Feed-additive-Brewer-dried-yeast-dry_60078544242.html



    This robot factory grows yeast to use as a food supplement. The protein content is comparable to soybeans. You can easily enrich yeast with minerals and in fact this is widely done as the yeast makes the mineral nutrients more bioavailable.



    The benefit of the yeast is you can grow them in three dimensions on any kind of land or even on boats at sea. The downside is that you need to provide the yeast with everything they need including a nitrogen source and organic carbon to make into their bodies. Soybeans can do a lot of that work on their own, out in a field, using the sun and obtaining their own carbon from the air but they grow only in one dimension and according to the season.






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    Heck yah. I got yer lab meat factory right here!



    yeast factory



    https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Feed-additive-Brewer-dried-yeast-dry_60078544242.html



    This robot factory grows yeast to use as a food supplement. The protein content is comparable to soybeans. You can easily enrich yeast with minerals and in fact this is widely done as the yeast makes the mineral nutrients more bioavailable.



    The benefit of the yeast is you can grow them in three dimensions on any kind of land or even on boats at sea. The downside is that you need to provide the yeast with everything they need including a nitrogen source and organic carbon to make into their bodies. Soybeans can do a lot of that work on their own, out in a field, using the sun and obtaining their own carbon from the air but they grow only in one dimension and according to the season.







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    answered 4 hours ago









    WillkWillk

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    • $begingroup$
      you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
      $endgroup$
      – John
      4 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
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      – Willk
      44 mins ago
















    • $begingroup$
      you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
      $endgroup$
      – John
      4 hours ago










    • $begingroup$
      A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
      $endgroup$
      – JBH
      1 hour ago










    • $begingroup$
      @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
      $endgroup$
      – Willk
      44 mins ago















    $begingroup$
    you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
    $endgroup$
    – John
    4 hours ago




    $begingroup$
    you are still turning human edible crops into a less effective calories source.
    $endgroup$
    – John
    4 hours ago












    $begingroup$
    A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
    1 hour ago




    $begingroup$
    A fully-automated factory from AliBaba.com? I'm in! +1!
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
    1 hour ago












    $begingroup$
    OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
    1 hour ago




    $begingroup$
    OK, fair enough, it's the yeast they're selling ... but I'm always impressed what kind of weird things one can find on AliBaba.com.
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
    1 hour ago












    $begingroup$
    @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
    1 hour ago




    $begingroup$
    @John, the OP isn't simply looking for calories, he's looking for protein.
    $endgroup$
    – JBH
    1 hour ago












    $begingroup$
    @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
    $endgroup$
    – Willk
    44 mins ago




    $begingroup$
    @John - the beauty of yeast is that they can turn nonprotein nitrogen into protein nitrogen. Like plants.
    $endgroup$
    – Willk
    44 mins ago











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    Yes (and it will happen fairly soon)



    With the advent of 3d printers it's possible to print meat like products from other products.



    Eventually society will have algae, bacteria and yeast tanks to produce the food we need. The only problem is it's not exactly appetizing. With additional processing, it can be made into products that have the look, taste and even smell of other foods including meat.



    The tanks can be supplied with the required nutrients and water extracted from processed sewerage and output food and oxygen. Since algae is so fast growing and efficient, it could also replace vegetables as well as meat.



    As best, real meat and vegetables would be the choice only for the ultra rich.






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      $begingroup$

      Yes (and it will happen fairly soon)



      With the advent of 3d printers it's possible to print meat like products from other products.



      Eventually society will have algae, bacteria and yeast tanks to produce the food we need. The only problem is it's not exactly appetizing. With additional processing, it can be made into products that have the look, taste and even smell of other foods including meat.



      The tanks can be supplied with the required nutrients and water extracted from processed sewerage and output food and oxygen. Since algae is so fast growing and efficient, it could also replace vegetables as well as meat.



      As best, real meat and vegetables would be the choice only for the ultra rich.






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        $begingroup$

        Yes (and it will happen fairly soon)



        With the advent of 3d printers it's possible to print meat like products from other products.



        Eventually society will have algae, bacteria and yeast tanks to produce the food we need. The only problem is it's not exactly appetizing. With additional processing, it can be made into products that have the look, taste and even smell of other foods including meat.



        The tanks can be supplied with the required nutrients and water extracted from processed sewerage and output food and oxygen. Since algae is so fast growing and efficient, it could also replace vegetables as well as meat.



        As best, real meat and vegetables would be the choice only for the ultra rich.






        share|improve this answer









        $endgroup$



        Yes (and it will happen fairly soon)



        With the advent of 3d printers it's possible to print meat like products from other products.



        Eventually society will have algae, bacteria and yeast tanks to produce the food we need. The only problem is it's not exactly appetizing. With additional processing, it can be made into products that have the look, taste and even smell of other foods including meat.



        The tanks can be supplied with the required nutrients and water extracted from processed sewerage and output food and oxygen. Since algae is so fast growing and efficient, it could also replace vegetables as well as meat.



        As best, real meat and vegetables would be the choice only for the ultra rich.







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