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siligut

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20. I believe Contractor is looking toward the future

Reply to Nay (Reply #17)

Wed May 22, 2013, 01:46 PM

May 2013

“I think, and many economists think, that current food systems can’t supply 12 billion people sufficiently,” said Contractor. “So we eventually have to change our perception of what we see as food.”

The distant future.

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NASA awards grant for 3-D food printer; could it end world hunger? [View all] cynatnite May 2013 OP

Why use a printer to take duckweed and shape it into a leg of lamb? Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

aahh the replicator warrior1 May 2013 #2

That did cross my mind when I read this. n/t cynatnite May 2013 #3

While I thought of C-H-O-N food, kentauros May 2013 #10

But will the Monsanto chemicals be there newfie11 May 2013 #4

Does someone think that a multi-thousand dollar machine Bay Boy May 2013 #5

And who could possibly believe this expensive machine will be used to make food for poor Nay May 2013 #17

I believe Contractor is looking toward the future siligut May 2013 #20

And when those "tons of food" start disappearing and the price starts going up SomethingFishy May 2013 #24

Out of thin air? No. Out of Carbohydrates and proteins.. SomethingFishy May 2013 #23

Or, maybe, stop destroying the land? (nt) scarletwoman May 2013 #36

Maybe they could concoct some Soylent Green? gordianot May 2013 #6

Not very energy efficient. We already have devices for kestrel91316 May 2013 #7

Livestock is a chore is space. Bluenorthwest May 2013 #11

Lol newfie11 May 2013 #12

I hope they go light on the carbs. nt naaman fletcher May 2013 #8

Sure, just insert this $30,000 food cartridge and you can print 100 loaves of bread! denverbill May 2013 #9

can we lace the food with a sterilizing agent? galileoreloaded May 2013 #13

tea, earl gray, hot n/t yodermon May 2013 #14

You'll get a substance that's almost, but not quite entirely, unlike tea. n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #25

/thread... SidDithers May 2013 #28

We'll make this planet uninhabitable long before we hit 12 billion. kestrel91316 May 2013 #15

Yes, that too. Let's stop asking this question: "How can we feed 12 (14, 18, 200) billion people" Nay May 2013 #18

Who is "we"? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #27

I didn't know you could eat plastic ... Bake May 2013 #16

Call me an outlier, but I prefer the soylent blue. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #19

Wow. Reminded of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age Matariki May 2013 #21

Lots of kneejerk responses to this technology Orrex May 2013 #22

And this is surprising why? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #26

I can think of a brazilian reasons it might work, but first, can you tell madinmaryland May 2013 #32

To quote Lewis Black: Initech May 2013 #29

I'll have two slices with extra protein layer, please KamaAina May 2013 #30

Hate to be a Debbie Downer and all that... derby378 May 2013 #31

Yep. The war for water is going to kill us all before that. cliffordu May 2013 #33

End world hunger? In a word... nnnnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive May 2013 #34

Would you eat that shit? I sure wouldn't eat that shit. scarletwoman May 2013 #35

I suppose it would depend on how hungry you were... cynatnite May 2013 #37