Most of us on this forum agree that BEVs, solar, wind, etc... are the future, and Oil is old news/toxic for all of us and environmentally.
We also know of Oil's plasticity (no pun intended) and it's use as feed-stock for a variety of plastics and compounds.
What about using Oil for food-stock? Add in a little O2, N2 and we have proteins and carbohydrates. Current projections for the carrying capacity of the world is 10-11 billion people. We are at around 7-8 billion. What if some of the oil being pumped could be converted to food?
Many have argued that the current turmoil in the Middle East can be directly attributed to a jump in price of food/bread. What if Saudi Arabia, through chemistry could become a net exporter of food/feed?
Yes, crazy (and gross) thought, but I'm just trying to think of what alternatives could be pursued for all the infrastructure mankind has built for oil.
A very indirect "Soylent Green"--the movie I'm referring to, not the new product talked about elsewhere in the forums (since oil is essentially dead organisms).
We also know of Oil's plasticity (no pun intended) and it's use as feed-stock for a variety of plastics and compounds.
What about using Oil for food-stock? Add in a little O2, N2 and we have proteins and carbohydrates. Current projections for the carrying capacity of the world is 10-11 billion people. We are at around 7-8 billion. What if some of the oil being pumped could be converted to food?
Many have argued that the current turmoil in the Middle East can be directly attributed to a jump in price of food/bread. What if Saudi Arabia, through chemistry could become a net exporter of food/feed?
Yes, crazy (and gross) thought, but I'm just trying to think of what alternatives could be pursued for all the infrastructure mankind has built for oil.
A very indirect "Soylent Green"--the movie I'm referring to, not the new product talked about elsewhere in the forums (since oil is essentially dead organisms).
