Food will be commercially synthesized from chemical stocks like coal or atmospheric nitrogen. —J.B.S. Haldane

Created by gwern on 2010-08-18; known on 2043-01-01

• gwern estimated 10% on 2010-08-18
• gwern said “http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Daedalus.html” on 2010-08-18
• gwern said ““Many of our foodstuffs, including the proteins, we shall probably build up from simpler sources such as coal and atmospheric nitrogen….” on 2010-08-18
• gwern said “..I should be inclined to allow 120 years, but not much more, before a completely satisfactory diet can be produced in this way on a commercial scale."” on 2010-08-18
• themusicgod1 estimated 53% on 2016-10-07
• pranomostro estimated 20% on 2019-01-10
• Baeboo estimated 30% on 2019-01-11