(November 21, 2016 at 11:24 am)Rhythm Wrote:(November 21, 2016 at 8:04 am)mh.brewer Wrote: As far as cellulose, not alcohol production, conversion to edible sugar. The termite gut does it.
Ruminant mammals also have that ability. We could genetically engineer -ourselves-, if you're looking for something that direct, over and above integrated sugar production. As soon as we get over the fear of modification, that is, lol. We could colonize our digestive tracts with a few species of novel bacterium. We could supplement our diet with targeted enzymes. I suppose, I'd say that once we're onboard with screwing /w shit, the sky's the limit, lol. Just a few changes here and there, to ourselves and our crops, and we might find that the earths carrying capacity /w regards to food is effectively limitless. That we'd run out of everything else before we ever ran out of things to eat.
Yes, over and above integrated sugar production. And not by human modification, in the lab. Convert cellulose to glucose on an industrial scale.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
