fididosooe@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoWhy can't we "manufacture" food using the same raw materials that plants use?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhy can't we "manufacture" food using the same raw materials that plants use?fididosooe@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up37·10 days agoTechnically, we can. Practically, it has taken a couple of billion years of evolution for plants to figure all of this out. We can spend a lot of effort replicating that process, or we can just use plants. One of those options is a lot cheaper than the other!
Technically, we can.
Practically, it has taken a couple of billion years of evolution for plants to figure all of this out. We can spend a lot of effort replicating that process, or we can just use plants. One of those options is a lot cheaper than the other!