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This is the first time I’ve encountered the term “single-cell protein”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cell_protein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-c
by arunbahl 4y ago
This is the first time I’ve encountered the term “single-cell protein”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cell_protein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cell_protein
- abeppu 4y agoOk, so they're growing some kind of microorganism. But I feel like for years I heard that spirulina would become an important tool for feeding the planet ... but mostly the people that consume it do so in pretty small amounts, and it doesn't seem to be taking over the world. From a skim, the site doesn't actually say what organism they're growing. Why is it more likely to be impactful than others?
- Teknoman117 4y ago> SCP represents options of fail-safe mass food-production which can produce food reliably even under harsh climate conditions. Let's hope we can beat some sense into ourselves before we get there.
- xattt 4y agoThe linked pages read as psuedo-science. We’ve had recombinant stuff since the late-70s and 80s. For example, yeast are used for the production of human insulin among many other compounds. Is the scale of production any different?