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This fascination with replacing perfectly nutritious foods with synthetic nonsense is the perfect embodiment of the TESCREAL bubble. Your spreadsheet means bup
by 23B1 3y ago
This fascination with replacing perfectly nutritious foods with synthetic nonsense is the perfect embodiment of the TESCREAL bubble.
Your spreadsheet means bupkis when it comes to culture, tradition, and tastes.
- droopyEyelids 3y agoAlso I'm under the impression that eggs are the cheapest way to get protein, in both money and impact to the environment. I had read that an ovo-vegetarian diet has a smaller carbon footprint than a pure vegan one.
- lkbm 3y agoPossibly if you're using "fake meat" as your vegan protein. If you go with beans and rice, or pulses, that's still much smaller: https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local
- rsynnott 3y ago> culture, tradition, and tastes. From the article (I realise, of course, that on this website it is considered highly improper to actually read them), it looks like they are at least initially targeting industrial egg users (bakeries, processed food), so that's hardly relevant; these are industries which specifically want albumen because of how it behaves, but as long as it's albumen the end product won't be significantly impacted.
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- sweetheart 3y ago> culture, tradition, and tastes. Hey, at least you can admit this to yourself! That's further than most people get.
- 23B1 3y agoSorry, I don't understand your comment. Most of the world isn't going to rip up the deep cultural roots associated with their food traditions because some extropian techbro dyed some soy protein pink.
- fckgw 3y agoIt's not a replacement, it's an alternative. Sometimes it's nice to have choices.