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Re:The Coming Food Catastrophe by lmm on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:43PM (#31442766)
I think they were imagining something more like a bakery / brewery / chemical plant that would turn grasses into edible bread / porridge / slop.
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Re:The Coming Food Catastrophe by Gordonjcp on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:42PM (#31453439)
Well, you've got a chemical plant that can turn tough cellulose-y grasses and leaves and heather into stuff we can eat, it's called a sheep.
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Re:The Coming Food Catastrophe by lmm on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:01AM (#31457485)
Right, but the efficiency on that is what, 8%? Can we come up with a better model?
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