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Will solar power make famine a thing of the past? Solein is a protein produced in solar-powered bioreactors from C02, water, & minerals, and is going on sale around the world. (self.futurology)

submitted 1 day ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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When people imagine the possible collapse of highly centralized systems, like food production & distribution in developed nations, they often assume the result can only mean disaster.

But renewables point to a different outcome - decentralized self-sufficiency.

With your own solar setup, you can power all your energy needs, including transport with EVs. Not only that, you can power all your basic metabolic needs. Living off nothing but Solein doesn't sound like much fun, but it's a complete protein, so at least it would be a healthy diet.

Decentralized renewable energy is spreading throughout the developed world; will decentralized renewable-powered food production follow?

Source 1 - Reinventing the Subsistence Economy How Energy and Food Decoupling Rewrite the Map of Post-Growth Futures

Source 2 - This Protein Powder Is Made Out of Air and Uses 600 Times Less Water Than Beef

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Obviously not...

We can fix it right now, but it's not profitable.

As long as capitalists control the planet, we can't fix anything that's not profitable to be fixed.

We could have a machine that prints any food immediately with no resources, but capitalists would never allow that to be freely accessible to everyone. Because that's not profitable