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dhumbird11 karma

The "Humbird TEA" is, first and foremost, a stunt. It's chemical-engineering performance art. A thorough and well-reasoned analysis of an absolutely banana-pants idea. The technical issues highlighted within (and brought to light by The Counter) are the products of a well-honed bullshit detector. Sit with them for long enough, and you can hone one too.

dhumbird4 karma

Lol I don't know if that version is any easier to follow. :)

dhumbird3 karma

Yes, biofuels offer the most direct lesson on the challenges incurred upon scale-up of biotech/fermentation. Cultured meat scale-up may yet fail for the same or similar reasons. The opportunity, as I see it, is mostly emotional. We tend to care a lot more about what goes in the mouth vs what goes in the car. This could bring a new shade of innovation to the field that biofuels couldn’t muster.

dhumbird2 karma

It certainly has fewer pages, can't argue with that.

dhumbird1 karma

It’s Halloween. Go watch “The Fly” (1986), there’s a scene relevant to this discussion.