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Is algae the new kale?

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Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by throwuwu »

socialismisok wrote: post #4

We already eat various forms of algae. Some are quite nutritious, some give us tummy troubles, some at excellent sinks for CO2. I'm very curious if we could mass manufacture something like algae and then pyrolize it to get fuel and solid carbon to sequester. If we find some good ideas for kelp, there's whole coastlines whose kelp forests have been decimated. We could start propagating and sustainably harvesting it an…

> Some are quite nutritious, some give us tummy troubles, some at excellent sinks for CO2

You forgot some are potent neurotoxins

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by wrycoder »

Gordonjcp wrote: post #91
nemo44x wrote: post #65

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Depends what you want to do with the meat. Corn fed beef is superior for certain applications like BBQ.

Corn-fed beef is bland and greasy. Next you'll be telling me that Aberdeen-Angus beef is good...

It's a matter of taste. I find much grass-fed beef to be dry and tough.

Speaking as someone who has actually raised grass-fed beef.

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by tantalor »

hammock wrote: post #46
tantalor wrote: post #30

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> became used widespread organically seemingly out of nowhere Except, it didn't? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... Just because you are just now noticing something common doesn't mean it recently became common.

I appreciate the effort to apply data. There are alternative facts, though: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=world+hunger%2...

Great find!

Sounds like this term became popular in the 1970s. That was a while ago :)

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by wintermutestwin »

ericmcer wrote: post #105
wintermutestwin wrote: post #95

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>because beans and rice are healthy I disagree. A high carb diet make me fat. A high protein diets does not. There is no vegan way for me to eat my daily protein target without eating far too many carbs along with it. (edit: I should have stated that there is no way beyond eating highly processed foods)

I feel the opposite, as soon as I start supplementing with whey protein or adding meat I put on muscle and weight, but with mostly beans/rice/lentil diet I have consistent energy and stay light. I think the "protein" obsession we have currently (even my milk carton brags about protein content) might be dialed back in the near future. It came from the weight lifting community, and lifting weights is one of the least h…

In my 20-30s, I was a long distance cyclist which required a high carb diet and I had persistent belly fat. Now I primarily lift weights and eat a high protein diet and I have lost all the belly fat and as an added bonus, my posture is no longer perma-hunched.

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by wintermutestwin »

issa wrote: post #112
wintermutestwin wrote: post #95

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>because beans and rice are healthy I disagree. A high carb diet make me fat. A high protein diets does not. There is no vegan way for me to eat my daily protein target without eating far too many carbs along with it. (edit: I should have stated that there is no way beyond eating highly processed foods)

2 things: - everyone is different - there are plenty of low-carb, high-protein vegetarian sources (see: tofu)

Yes, you are right - I left out highly processed foods (tofu, seitan, etc) because I don't think they are healthy.

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by Sapere_Aude »

Shared404 wrote: post #147
hammock wrote: post #46

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I appreciate the effort to apply data. There are alternative facts, though: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=world+hunger%2...

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out a common statistical manipulation - extending an axis far longer than is at all relevant to the data, creating a misleading interpretation of a slope. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=world+hunger%2... is a much more readable and accurate graph. Note how both are ~equivalent for a majority of the time, barring 1943 - 1951 (slight edge for food security) and…

Right around the time when the Trilateral Commission, the Club of Rome and other elitist think tanks / NGOs were founded to push globalization, development and such ideas.

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by sannee »

sometimeshuman wrote: post #70
hammock wrote: post #41

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Beans + rice is easily the most common meal on the planet, as the cheapest complete protein source around. We live in a bubble, never mind saving the planet

A quick Google search reveals that beans are not a complete , since they lack several essential amino acids. Edit: correction, it appears that soybeans are the exception. But when one thinks of having a serving of "beans and rice", soybeans are unlikely to be the bean served.

Surely you can just eat more beans until you get enough methionine to satisfy your protein synthesis needs. We are not (yet, in the western world) at the point of having to eat a starvation diet (where the amino acid profile is actually important, since you are trying to eat as little as possible).

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by basch »

c7b wrote: post #96

I love the seaweed that you sometimes get in restaurants (rarely where I live, unfortunately). But the article makes me a bit skeptical, it doesn't mention any downsides at all, it sounds more like a marketing piece than a balanced assessment. I don't even know what questions I'd have to ask, off the top of my head I'd like to know what the risks regarding eg mercury and microplastics contamination are. Also, would w…

seaweed salad?

this stuff was awesome https://www.delish.com/food-news/a33596417/costco-seaweed-sa...

Re: Is algae the new kale?

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Post by NavinF »

yawgmoth wrote: post #77
antisthenes wrote: post #68

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A CO2 meter? ...

Yeah! I was thinking "ah the room isn't sealed, nor is the house for that matter" but I can probably get interesting measurements with a simple CO2 meter.

CO2 meter and a 30 gallon garbage bag to seal the meter inside along with the algae?
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