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Machiavelcro_ t1_je8sc5f wrote

Reply to comment by Arrrrrr2D2 in Israeli scientists develop drought-resistant tomatoes by TheLieDetectorBro

Why do you think this is the case?

Created in a lab environment, isolated from dangerous contamination like e-coli and other bacteria, free from growth hormones, and with the added benefit that you can control the micronutrients in the growth medium, tweaking stuff like the amount of b12.

Let's be objective about things, not take some pseudo religious "we are steering further away from nature" mentality.

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Arrrrrr2D2 t1_je8til3 wrote

My background is growing cells in mediums using controlled environments. Even in bsl3 environments contamination is still easy. If they are going to create immortal cell lines like HeLa the meat will literally be cancer cells. The chance of the nutrients being healthy are slim to none. Making a medium is not hard, but sourcing all the ingredients from natural organic sources will not happen in mass production. Religion is not the view point in this, science of man is. I know the science and because of it I'm happy to stick with creation.

Have all the lab grown meat you want.

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Senyu t1_jeavt38 wrote

Which is why technology development for this kind of stuff must be aggressively persued. If we want to avoid a rapid fluctuation in our carrying capacity we must shift away from traditional agriculture and further develop our hydroponics and vitromeat technologies. The boons are too important to ignore. We can improve processes.

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taptapper t1_je9379r wrote

> isolated from dangerous contamination like e-coli and other bacteria

Stop parroting pseudo science and learn the facts. Most varieties of e-coli are not harmful to people, but since it's presence indicates that harmful bacteria is present it's used as an indicator of danger.

Do you really think all of humanity's food can be grown in buildings? And "isolated"... Go watch Fantastic Fungi and educate yourself. We are part of a web of life with a proper balance between organisms. Hydro facilities spend all their time fighting infections

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Arrrrrr2D2 t1_jeacmxp wrote

The truth is, lab grown mediums have to use heavy antibiotics to grow cultures. People who are concerned with antibiotic resistances should be concerned about this.

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Senyu t1_jeavxv2 wrote

An important point that must be considered as we further develop the tech. Thanks for sharing insight into the field.

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TestaOnFire t1_jea9rkc wrote

>Hydro facilities spend all their time fighting infections

You mean depuration center or hydroponic?

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