I wonder what the purification efficiency is.
For example they've been working on GMO-octane from green algae for a couple of decades. But refining its low concentrations is still uncompetitive with petroleum.
Newly Risen from Yeast: THC
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#22Eh. Science can't even make a good sugar substitute...
There's a difference between a chemical analogue and an alternative way of producing the same chemical.
Glucose is still glucose whether it comes from sugar cane, corn, beets, or other sources.
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#24> European regulators, he said, are eager for a way to create a steady supply of THC and other cannabinoids without actually cultivating marijuana. “They are in fear that these plants will be grown and will support some illegal farming,” So the regulators are eager to flood the market with GMO THC, so they can stop people from growing their own organic THC? Sounds like they just want to commercialize & control it.
> GMO THC Well that's a new one, because THC isn't an "organism", nor is it "genetically modified".
Or even genetically modifiable.
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#25> European regulators, he said, are eager for a way to create a steady supply of THC and other cannabinoids without actually cultivating marijuana. “They are in fear that these plants will be grown and will support some illegal farming,” So the regulators are eager to flood the market with GMO THC, so they can stop people from growing their own organic THC? Sounds like they just want to commercialize & control it.
> GMO THC Well that's a new one, because THC isn't an "organism", nor is it "genetically modified".
I think what they meant was GMO-produced THC.
GMO as an adjective is prone to RAS syndrome - e.g. GMO corn is "genetically modified organism corn".
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#26> European regulators, he said, are eager for a way to create a steady supply of THC and other cannabinoids without actually cultivating marijuana. “They are in fear that these plants will be grown and will support some illegal farming,” So the regulators are eager to flood the market with GMO THC, so they can stop people from growing their own organic THC? Sounds like they just want to commercialize & control it.
> GMO THC Well that's a new one, because THC isn't an "organism", nor is it "genetically modified".
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#27I have a strong dislike for these artificial THC drug pushes, because they ignore the real issue: the fact that marijuana helps people with a variety of medical ailments is largely because of the over 400+ cannabinoids, of which THC-cb1 and THC-cb2 are only two, while we are ignoring the other ones individually and as a compound/complementary effect. For example, I know vets with PTSD who say mj is the only thing tha…
This is exactly why I have an issue with meal replacement (e.g. soylent) stuff being used in the long term, or reductionistic nutrition advice that considers food only as a source of protein, carbs, fat and fiber. The fact is, we're discovering a ton of compounds in a ton of foods that have unexpected effects and benefits, not to mention synergistic effects that happen only when multiple compounds are together. To pr…
> To pretend that we know how all of it works seems like hubris to me.
If nobody gives living on eg. Soylent a shot, we'll never learn one way or the other.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is exactly why I have an issue with meal replacement (e.g. soylent) stuff being used in the long term, or reductionistic nutrition advice that considers food only as a source of protein, carbs, fat and fiber. The fact is, we're discovering a ton of compounds in a ton of foods that have unexpected effects and benefits, not to mention synergistic effects that happen only when multiple compounds are together. To pr…
> To pretend that we know how all of it works seems like hubris to me. If nobody gives living on eg. Soylent a shot, we'll never learn one way or the other.
Absolutely true. However, to make rules without foundation (like the VA disallows cannabis) is just shabby, which is what I think GP was mainly talking about :)
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#29Eh. Science can't even make a good sugar substitute...
sucralose?
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#30I wonder what the purification efficiency is. For example they've been working on GMO-octane from green algae for a couple of decades. But refining its low concentrations is still uncompetitive with petroleum.
A mol of THC is worth a lot more than a mol of octane.