Comments by "hg2" (@hg2.) on "The Future of Food - By Brewing??" video.

  1. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  2. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  3. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  4. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  5. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  6. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  7. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  8. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  9. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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  10. Hey Guys! You WANT to love precision fermentation (PF) -- I mean, who wouldn't want to free up thousands of acres of land to make limitless amounts of cheese in a factory for the good of humanity? NOT SO FAST! There are two (2) problems with this: 1) It's being done for the wrong reasons: A) There is no such thing as anthropogenic global warming. CO2 is climatologically irrelevant (see the work of Henrik Svensmark for what REALLY drives interglaciation climate change (e.g. the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age); and see the Climate Discussion Nexus for the bogus and biased propaganda being used to psyop the public about "global warming". This is 21st century superstition. "Renewable Energy" is 21st century pyramid building. (Just burn coal -- it's cheap, effective, and brings cheap electricity to the whole world.) Precision Fermentation (PF) is trying to hitch a ride on this "sustainability" bandwagon with its promise of "low carbon footprint" -- but this isn't based on reality, it's based on a religious believe, and that will fail in the mass market. It may serve the religious niche of the "net zero" faith, but FREE markets don't run on religious beliefs, they run on costs and benefits. B) Precision Fermentation (PF) also appeals to the "no animals" religion, like they do in, say, India. Again, that's a religious dogma (and perhaps a niche market), but it's not an ECONOMIC argument. FREE markets don't run on religious dogma. (BTW: the vegetarianism of India and East Asia is a "making a virtue of necessity". They can't AFFORD to eat the water buffalos that also till their fields. If they ate their plow-cows, they'd starve because they'd have no draft animals to till their fields -- so they make vegetarianism a virtue of necessity.) Religious vegetarianism might work for a niche market, but it won't work for the MASS market. 2) Wrong reason #2 is the artificial, government distortions in American agriculture -- specifically CORN. 40% of American corn is burned up in the stupid price-support boondoggle known as the Ethanol Mandate (which in itself stems from the "global warming" superstition. American farmers a so productive with corn they have to burn 40% of their crop to keep prices up. This is a crime against humanity. Only 8% of the corn crop is consumed in DAIRY farming -- if the Ethanol Mandate were removed, the price of feed for dairy cows could drop by 50% in the blink of an eye. Since 40% of the cost of milk is in the feed (mostly corn), then the price of milk could drop by 20% overnight (50% x 40%)! See this article for the numbers: "The Uses of Corn: Industries Affected by High Corn Prices" [And even WITH the artificially high prices caused by the Ethanol Mandate), farmers still produce so much dairy the government has to buy 1.4 billion pounds of CHEESE (10% of an annual production) and store it in a climate-controlled cave in Missouri.] Conclusion: Sorry PF, but until you can make milk CHEAPER than the mighty American farmer, your product is going to stay a glorified science experiment. MAYBE PF milk would be profitable in some parts of the world, but if the markets are FREE, you'll always be competing with the mighty American dairy farmer. (Same for eggs.) In a place like, say, The Philippines -- if you can make PF milk cheaper than the cost to import it -- then more power to you -- God bless. But for most of the world, you've got an uphill battle to make milk cheaper than the mighty American dairy farmer. And what's the point? Religious goals aren't going to cut it (see above). You might want to direct your efforts and talents to something else. If you wanted to deliver a BIG increase in the "making the world a better place" department, I'd lobby for abolition of that horrible Ethanol Mandate -- figure out a way to drive DOWN the cost of food with all that corn-growing capability. How about more cattle feed lots and shrimp farms? Raising the American standard of living to include filet mignon and shrimp cocktail twice a week is something to look forward to.
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