Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Delicious Waste Liquids of the Future (1982)


The 1982 book Our Future Needs (World of Tomorrow) by Neil Ardley envisions a world where liquid waste is converted into food.

A food factory of the future serves a desert city. Pipes bring waste liquids from industries in the city to the factory, where they are converted into foods by bacteria in tanks. Solar panels capture the Sun's rays to provide heat for the food-manufacturing processes in the factory.
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7 comments:

  1. mathewMay 1, 2007 at 11:54 AM

    Well, that's basically the plot of Soylent Green...

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  2. Bobby BittmanMay 1, 2007 at 12:21 PM

    How are ya?

    "Soylent Green is people!"

    I'm just sayin.

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  3. AnonymousMay 1, 2007 at 1:23 PM

    It could be Slurm.

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  4. AnonymousMay 1, 2007 at 4:23 PM

    "Bacterial-Processed Liquified Industrial Waste -- It's What's For Dinner!"™

    I. Don't. Think. So.

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  5. AnonymousMay 1, 2007 at 5:43 PM

    Just goes to show you, you humans will eat anything. You will be glad when we take over, believe me.

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  6. AnonymousMay 2, 2007 at 9:56 PM

    A company called GreenFuel has been doing this for a couple years now at MIT. Granted the "food" isn't for "people" but it's the same basic concept.

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  7. Eoin O'MahonySeptember 6, 2007 at 9:20 AM

    Isn't this what KFC / BK / McD's are already doing.....allegedly?

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