An interesting story on the state of the art. It’s still terrible.
I think he’s too pessimistic, though, and ignores the technology that will probably create the breakthrough: 3-D printing.
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An interesting story on the state of the art. It’s still terrible.
I think he’s too pessimistic, though, and ignores the technology that will probably create the breakthrough: 3-D printing.
Comments are closed.
The pinkish ground meat had been produced in a Maastricht University lab directed by Mark Post, a vascular biologist and surgeon: it consisted of billions of cells cultured from skeletal muscle cells taken from one beef neck, nourished in a warm broth of synthetic nutrients and cow-fetus serum.
My end-point.
OT, an important post by Judy Curry, as can probably be expected regularly leading up to Paris.
1.We don’t know how the 21st century climate will evolve
2.We don’t know, and whether reductions in emissions will actually alter the 21st century climate in beneficial ways.
3.The unintended consequences of these policies could act to increase vulnerability to extreme events
4.Deep, international focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an opportunity loss to deal with other more pressing and easily solved problems
I know there are dangers in painting with too broad a brush, but given the hue and cry in the target market over GMOs, Monsanto, and “pink slime”, I’m wondering how well fake meat would actually sell, no matter how good it is.
Yeah, there would be a lot of backlash. There is a large movement of people who follow an “Eat Clean” diet. There is even a guy that has a AM radio show in my area where he lectures people to only eat “Chemical Free” food. Never mind that all food that is deemed natural or organic is compromised of ‘chemicals’. It’s like saying, “Only eat natural salt that is free of NaCl.”.