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Re:Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99% by brianpan on Thursday August 15, 2019 @11:07PM (#20711824)
Perhaps one step further is to bypass even the plants and produce protein directly from CO2!

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/nasas-idea-for-making...

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Re:Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99% by concert-gilled on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:00AM (#20715203)
> It's a high-protein, flour-like ingredient that contains 50 percent protein content, 5–10 percent fat, and 20–25 percent carbs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_poisoning

> Protein poisoning was first noted as a consequence of eating rabbit meat exclusively, hence the term, "rabbit starvation". Rabbit meat is very lean; commercial rabbit meat has 50–100 g dissectable fat per 2 kg (live weight). Based on a carcass yield of 60%, rabbit meat is around 8.3% fat

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Re:Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99% by brianpan on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @11:02PM (#20764273)
Ew. You're not supposed to just eat this. It's a protein replacement. Still eat your fruits and veggies and everything else.
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Re:Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99% by pferde on Friday August 16, 2019 @03:36AM (#20712941)
Wow, that sounds nuts and awesome at the same time. :) Thanks for the link!
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