Inside life in Elon Musk's Mars colony; forced vegan diet. Fuck that shit.

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[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Well what did you expect? It's not like they're going to be flying cows there.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The fact is cows are far more efficient at converting plant matter into protein and fat than we are.

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, but there's not a lot of plant matter on Mars these days.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

You take the plants first then the animals.

[–]CleverFoolOfEarth 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So are crickets, which are, uh, yeah, not a vegan food source. Space colonization is just about the only scenario where "live in the pod, eat the bugs" is perfectly to-be-expected and not just a form of humiliation from the WEF.

[–]CleverFoolOfEarth 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not cows, but crickets. Those are a very efficient food source, capable of turning human-inedible plant parts to edible nutrition, and while that's not as much of a concern on Earth (aside from in famine-stricken areas and possibly deserts) because Earth is where all the food's at, insect protein would be a valuable asset to a space colonization mission, especially seeing as humans are omnivores and a diet of only plants leaves people in poor health after a while, usually even with supplements due to low bioavailability, but a diet supplemented with insects wouldn't. Space colonization is just about the only scenario where "live in the pod, eat the bugs" is perfectly to-be-expected and not just a form of humiliation from the WEF.