if that’s even true it could only be relevant in a world where there’s not enough agricultural land to support growing plants fit for human consumption, which is not the world we live in
getting everyone to eat the algae is not going to be fun, but it would be an excellent backup to send to food scarce regions. Although the thought of just shoving some light greens at people instead of just giving them regular food seems shitty
if that’s even true it could only be relevant in a world where there’s not enough agricultural land to support growing plants fit for human consumption, which is not the world we live in
With enough time and research we could meet everyone’s caloric needs with vat grown algae taking up the land area the size of Los Angeles.
getting everyone to eat the algae is not going to be fun, but it would be an excellent backup to send to food scarce regions. Although the thought of just shoving some light greens at people instead of just giving them regular food seems shitty
And grazing populations for meat production can still lead to climate-change-related habitat destruction.