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Pronutria is working on bacteria/algae that converts sunlight into protein. They talk about 10x reduction in the cost of protein, i.e. meat. Another company(fo
by ippisl 14y ago
Pronutria is working on bacteria/algae that converts sunlight into protein. They talk about 10x reduction in the cost of protein, i.e. meat.
Another company(forgot it's name) is working on algae that manufactures sugar as an input for the biofuel industry. Their target is 4x cost reduction vs plant grown sugar.
If they succeed it would be interesting to see the dirsuption to the food industry.
- zanny 14y ago> If they succeed it would be interesting to see the dirsuption to the food industry. Meh, the status quo will just spend their tremendous capital on a hate campaign to paint algae grown proteins as artificial and bad because they aren't bloody cow butt.