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The fact that the CE Delft report used some random cheap fertilizer off of Alibaba as their price estimate for macronutrient feed is a really bad look. Makes me
by oehtXRwMkIs 5y ago
The fact that the CE Delft report used some random cheap fertilizer off of Alibaba as their price estimate for macronutrient feed is a really bad look. Makes me think there's a lot of borderline fraudulent overhyping going on to attract money and investment.
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoThere is, very obviously. They're exploiting the fact that most people are lazy and dumb. "You don't need to look into the details. You don't need to give up eating meat when lab-grown is just around the corner. Invest in the future!" While in reality cutting down on meat consumption or even going vegetarian/vegan would be the better option. Plant based meat-replacement products are another promising option. There are so many examples of such hype. Take the recent peddling of psychedelic drugs as a treatment for everything. Companies collect a lot of cash with the investment hype forming around this. But of course all your mental health problems don't magically disappear with DMT. It's this exploitative society and our lifestyles that make more and more people sick. It's ultimate the same Peter Thiels who also sell you the cure that are part of the problem in the first place.
- plaidfuji 5y agoTbh this is less of a red flag than it looks like. An academic researcher doing this type of analysis doesn’t usually have access to commodity pricing data, much less the ability/clout to engage in a serious discussion with suppliers to determine the true bulk price at the scale they’re interested in.