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I do wonder why we don't see large-scale efforts to do this. Where's the modern-day Johnny Appleseed?

He got deported by ICE.

never saw Demolition Man, but hopefully I'm old enough to die before I eat much beef that's really not beef

It's all about beef.  If this new faux meat burger works, that could be a game-changer.  No more shrinking Amazon, no more cattle-rustling, period.  Hey, people could even stop drinking the milk of other animals and we can let cows resort back to being a wild species!!!


The amount of water and feed cattle take is obnoxious, and it could all be over soon.  Of course then, to get some "real" meat, it could be like in Demolition Man, and you're served a rat burger.  Terrible movie with some interesting talking points about the future.

I haven't tried the faux beef yet, but despite being a hardcore meat-eater, I'm not opposed to the idea for some of the "ground meat" applications. I'm sure it'd be fine in a taco.

But until they can replicate the actual grain of muscle and the intramuscular fat that you get in the real think, it's not going replace steak.

Oh, it was awesome when you were 12.  I never figured out the 3 shells thing in the bathroom.  Taco Bell winning the "fast food wars" was funny.  There are some parallels between current SJWs and how everyone in that future is a pansy.

I actually wrote a short story in 8th grade (long before Demolition Man came out) that touched on something similar. 

This was the height of the Reagan-era Cold War, mind you, so everyone was thinking geographically.  Eastern Bloc.  Soviet Bloc, etc.

But I thought it might be interesting to explore a dystopic future where geography and nationality were shoved to the back, behind corporatism.  At the time, the Soviet Union wasn't allowing McDonald's or Coca Cola into their borders, because those were too symbolic of the USA's power in the West.  They did however allow Pepsi in.  And perhaps some other group of food franchises, like KFC or something?

Regardless, I took that reality as my inspiration and I broke the world into the McCoke Bloc, and the Pepsi Bloc.  They still roughly aligned to the East and the West, but since Pepsi originated in the USA, they held some power and influence within the McCoke Bloc.  And the McCoke Bloc had made some trades and corporate buyouts, to obtain some influence within the Pepsi Bloc.  There was a lot more to it than that, but that's the basic premise, so years later when I heard that line in Demolition Man, I couldn't help but smile and think that somehow, they stole my idea.

Huh, my unit in Korea was OPCONed to 6th Cav. Wartime we would shift back to 8th Army (or one of the Corps), but day-to-day, our Brigade Commander was 6th Cav at Camp Humphreys. I don't think those aviators had any idea what to do with a bunch of duck hunters, but the 6th Cav unit insignia looks cooler than the 8th Army's--and I already had occasion to wear my grandfather's 8th Army patch on my Class As before we made the change.

I think that, long ago and far away, we discussed your association with 6th Cav Bde in Korea, and airspace management/deconfliction issues.
When I was with 6th Cav Bde, 1988-91, it was III Corps' aviation brigade.  Now there doesn't seem to be an aviation brigade assigned to III Corps, and 6th Cav Bde doesn't seem to exist.  Same thing seems to be the case with XVIII Airborne Corps.  In 1992-93, I was in its 18th Aviation Brigade.  Now that's gone too.
I'm wondering if the concept of corps aviation brigades has been dropped.
6th Cav Bde indeed has a cooler shoulder patch than 8th Army.  I was assigned to 8th Army when I was in Korea ('87-88), so I know the patch well.