From my book: “Synthetic food production refers to using chemical synthesis. Sugar has been synthesized from noncarbohydrates for decades (Hudlicky et al., 1996).
Hudlicky, T., Entwistle, D.A., Pitzer, K.K., Thorpe, A.J., 1996. Modern methods of monosaccharide synthesis from non-carbohydrate sources. Chem. Rev. 96, 1195–1220.”
I didn’t write much because I don’t know enough about catalysis to say whether it can be ramped up quickly in a catastrophe. But for space colonization, that is not an issue.
Cool, thank you! Have you written about direct chemical synthesis of food or can you recommend some resources to me?
From my book: “Synthetic food production refers to using chemical synthesis. Sugar has been synthesized from noncarbohydrates for decades (Hudlicky et al., 1996). Hudlicky, T., Entwistle, D.A., Pitzer, K.K., Thorpe, A.J., 1996. Modern methods of monosaccharide synthesis from non-carbohydrate sources. Chem. Rev. 96, 1195–1220.” I didn’t write much because I don’t know enough about catalysis to say whether it can be ramped up quickly in a catastrophe. But for space colonization, that is not an issue.
Awesome, thank you!