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We’ll probably be eating lab-grown meat and hydroponically-grown vegetables by then. If we’re not all uploaded to a server embedded in the planet’s core or orb
by FredPret 6y ago
We’ll probably be eating lab-grown meat and hydroponically-grown vegetables by then.
If we’re not all uploaded to a server embedded in the planet’s core or orbiting the sun.
- neonnoodle 6y agoGood news! we're orbiting the sun now, well ahead of target date
- FredPret 6y agoDidn’t think the words “in an artificial sattelite” were really needed to convey the idea.
- debacle 6y agoHydroponically grown vegetables tend to be nutrientless sponges. Hydroponically grown celery tastes like water. Fresh, dirt-grown celery is nearly inedible because of how sharp and metallic the flavor is. Industrial and lab-grown meat will face the same problems.
- sp332 6y agoI've heard exactly the opposite about hydroponic vegetables. I suppose it depends on what nutrients the plants are given in the water. What is your experience?
- debacle 6y agoIt's 100% the nutrients + minerals. When you get right down to it, you're just trading one growing medium for another. That said, hydroponics allows for a level of control in nutrients that soil does not, generally leading to weighty, tasteless veggies.
- FredPret 6y agoUhm... no. Ever actually had any? How do you what lab-grown meat will taste like? And why do you think lots of pot-smokers insist on the hydroponic kind? For the weak watery effect?
- klyrs 6y agoIt can go either way, depending on how much fertilizer you use. Farms that cheap out will have an inferior product.
- faemir 6y agoAs someone in the industry, this is absolute rubbish and misinformation.
- haram_masala 6y agoLab-grown meat will taste exactly the way consumers expect meat to taste, for the same reason orange juice does.
- hinkley 6y ago[1] because we will engineer the process to a terrifying degree.
- FooHentai 6y agoI don't believe that's accurate. The main issue or limitation of hydroponics/aquaponics is that many types of vegetables cannot be grown via the method. It's suited to leafy greens and not, for example, root vegetables.
- FredPret 6y agoI googled "hydroponic potatoes" and I kid you not, the first words in the results were "Potatoes are one of the easiest crops to grow with a hydroponics system". I've also had grown and eaten hydroponic potatoes myself and they were great.
- FooHentai 6y agoHuh, my knowledge is outta date. Thanks for correcting!