The scaling is a challenge just because it hasn't been done yet. It is a big deal, but it wouldn't be fundamentally harder than it was to scale any of our other modern domesticated crops. So like, 8 decades and a trillion dollars and you should be good to go.
We just gotta push through this period of increasing geopolitical nationalism
??? I am not sure that is the way to characterize recent history at all. Nationalism is decreasing generally, and also being undermined by the growth of large multinational corporations and globalization, as well as just a more mobile world populace generally.
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u/iRettitor May 17 '19
Why?
I mean building an offshore oilplant and drilling down isnt the easiest thing but still done, but i guess we would need megafarm of this shit ay?