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Isn't Soylent primarily made from rice and soybeans? These are commodity crops that require huge amounts of fossil fuels (chemical fertilizer, fuel for tractors
by jasonlaramburu 10y ago
Isn't Soylent primarily made from rice and soybeans? These are commodity crops that require huge amounts of fossil fuels (chemical fertilizer, fuel for tractors, transportation, processing) and government subsidies in order to be profitably cultivated.
- Laforet 10y agoStill less of a burden compared to meat and vegetables
- skuhn 10y agoGotta check the latest release notes [1]. No more rice in Soylent Powder version 1.6. I find the concept of release notes for things I eat pretty discomforting. Not that I would ever put Soylent in my food hole. [1] http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-release-notes-1-6-en.pdf http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-release-notes-1-6-en.pd...
- nnq 10y ago> commodity crops that require [...] government subsidies in order to be profitably cultivated Wait, what?! Why would governments need to subsidize such crops? Can't the price be left to increase a bit, and have the market sort this out more "organically"? Only reason I'd see for the US government subsidizing such crops would be to make your food exports more competitive, a pretty "dirty" tactic in a globalized economy, but at leas it would make sense...