Grow carrots. Make goop. Print carrots from goop. Makes perfect sense.
This is like the failed Juicero machine. You buy overpriced, proprietary bags of juice and then install them in an overpriced, proprietary machine which squeezes the bag into your cup.
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Monsanto no longer exists, it got bought out by the guys that delivered the Zyclon B for the gas chambers in the third Reich
… why though? It's not like you're not having to grow the same amount of cells, etc, so you might as well just grow them in aero-/hydro-ponic systems…
It's combining two technologies. One for vat grown nutritional plant cells, and one for turning that vat grown cell into palatable shapes and textures.
It's an interesting tech and the more of these we try out, the more likely we'll find something that succeeds.
But why 3D printing instead of, say, injection molding? Seems overly complicated for making such a mundane shape.
How else are hobbiests supposed to create Dwayne Johnson's head on a hybrid penis/dinosaur body out of carrots?
I'm not the researcher, so it could just be that this was the most convenient option for their lab. Or it could be that injection molding creates too dense of an object to have the right texture.
Unclear based on this article, but my best guess would be that the portability of a resin based printer and the detail that it allows for is a good compromise for on-site food printing.
Its resin printed not sure if you can injection mold it
Franks dream is finally becoming a reality!!!
Whats the point of 3d printing it? Why not just give the goop
I think if you have the goop, then you can add filler ingredients to sell at a lower cost. So one carrot may make two 50% concentrate carrots with some harmless filler ingredients.
because they are growing the goop in a lab from actual carrots
Oh that's what that is. I kept seeing that image and thinking it was a shitpost.
How about controlling the amount of people and thus not being in a constant state of threat?
Would help the climate too. We make the absolute dumbest civilization ever
Ah yes, the Thanos solution
I shudder to think what the answer to this will be, but… How do you propose this should be done?
Eugenics. The crowd beating this drum always reinvents eugenics with a new mask.
Actually no, mostly education and raising people in a world that doesnt endorse having kids everywhere.
Example: In the developed countries we are still incentivizing families with kids. Why the fuck would we do that in a current environmental crisis? We should’ve started this in the 50-60’s and now we’d have waaay less cars to pollute for example.
But instead only a hint of a mention of overpopulation being an actual issue is insulting to people because “god damn, having kids and eating meat is my god given right” - thought 9 billion people.
Developed countries, through education and economic realities, generally have children at or below the replacement rate. Most of their growth comes from immigration from other countries with much higher birth rates.
The incentives you're talking about are there to stabilize the population so there isn't more people in nursing homes than there are propping up the economy taking care of those people. It's a tough situation, and with the capitalist systems in place and a lack of long promised automation in many industries, it's worrying for everyone involved.
So really it's already working the way you want, largely. If you want something more dramatic you need to find another lever, and at the same time you need to balance your goal with the dropping population in the workforce so you can afford to care for the elderly.
Free access to contraceptives, proper sex education, and protecting abortion rights would go a long way to reducing the birth rate.
You're a kid aren't you? Holy shit. I wish I had half your confidence when dishing out an opinion.
You’re right. Overpopulation is not an issue because your feelings tell you so.
Also, I didn’t mean to make you so upset that you’re going through my comment history.
Saying overpopulation is an issue is the most meaningless statement. What do you propose we DO about it? Sterilize the population? Yeah, I went through your history because I was curious if I was talking to a kid and sure enough there is no doubt about it now
