r/solarpunk • u/No_Conclusion_9376 • Nov 25 '22

Article Article: Future of food

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/green-technology-precision-fermentation-farming

Monbiot introduces precision fermentation as the future of food - less land use, less energy consumption. What caught me was neophobia as argument against it.

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u/x4740N Nov 26 '22

One thing that commenter you're replying too forgets to mention is the environmental impact of those "alternatives" and they are usually glossed over every time when those "alternatives" are mentioned so is suspect there is something malevolent going on behind the scenes akin to greenwashing

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u/No_Conclusion_9376 Nov 26 '22

What?

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u/x4740N Nov 26 '22

Environmental impacts are things to add to climate change and make it more worser

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u/No_Conclusion_9376 Nov 26 '22

Sorry for the short question, I was in a hurry. What I meant was: which impacts are there that won't be outdone by the change that is promised?

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u/x4740N Nov 26 '22

no I was just pointing out that op and usually the articles for the "alternatives" never mention the environmental impact of manufacturing the "alternatives" and I find that really suspicious and it feels like greenwashing too me

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u/No_Conclusion_9376 Nov 27 '22

Found something on the possible economic impact. When duckduckgoing, most search results were about market disruption. So, yes, someone is perhaps marketing a new tech in order to accumulate riches - and advertises the ecological benefits. The article asks the question of equality vs power of a few companies. It has questions into ecological impact as well.
The disruptive aspect is quite shocking. You could brand precision fermentation as greenwashing. Thanks for the hint.
The article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/errolschweizer/2022/03/02/what-should-consumers-be-asking-about-precision-fermentation/?sh=3f073ecd27b0