Meat from Air?! The Science Behind This New Protein

[@ericnewcomer3031]

Joe Rogan once tweeted, "Vegans gotta eat air now." Well checkmate Broprah Winfrey, you can find us in the future 🔮🌱

[@ramikla_146]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5XHqJ6Df6xkgNE Meanwhile I ate beef and eggs

[@tamcon72]

This made me laugh way harder than I should have!

[@misakistalker]

it's from microorganisms that live in the air though not the air itself.

[@spanishDoll1]

Lol yessss!!

[@The40yearoldVegan]

🤣

[@implodingslowly]

We are getting closer and closer to photosynthesis

[@anulfolantigua6291]

Well let's put some algie in the skin like some actual complex organism do already

[@ramikla_146]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5XHqJ6Df6xkgNE Nani?

[@imgayasheck595]

@@anulfolantigua6291 I love algae so much that I've looked into it and we won't be able to get enough energy to just rely on photosynthesis

[@johnk8470]

YES 😂😂

[@marley7659]

I read a book like this in elementary school. The problem with combining a human with a photosynthetic organism is that energy requirements to support the human body vastly exceeds what photosynthesis could acquire. Our energy would dip at night. Unless you could keep the current adaptations of humans and add photosynthetic bonus to the human genome.

[@allencrider]

They all think we want protein . . . Me? I want a box of raspberries.

[@yoyobern6226]

Yes.

[@KoffeeKev]

same

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

No nutrition in raspberry

[@wordswitha7]

@@tyrannicalbigtech5842 some but not much

[@AtypicalPaul]

We Need to be more concerned about getting enough fiber than protein

[@gao1812]

I'm a level 5 vegan, won't eat anything that casts a shadow

[@BunderChowed]

Lol, hello Lisa

[@ChickpeatheTortie]

:-) xoxoxo

[@vietnamd0820]

I’m starting to think this joke will never grow old 😂

[@froesesp]

No veggies for you!

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

Suppose that includes other vegans. Lol

[@xXihmissusiXx]

There is also a Finnish company called Solar Foods. They are the first company to produce food by using air-captured CO2 in a continuous mode. They have a product called Solein. If I remember correctly they got the funding last year to start a factory.

[@MictheVegan]

Watching my video back it is clear that Dr. Lisa Dyson is pretty amazing and that deserves more attention than I gave it. She has a PhD from MIT and has done research at Stanford, Berkeley, and Princeton as well as being a Fulbright Scholar. All of this while being incredible humble so I applaud her for getting all of this in motion.

[@ramikla_146]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5XHqJ6Df6xkgNE

[@ramikla_146]

HoW LoNG UnTiL MeAT EaTeRS UnDeRMiNE THE VeGaNS?

[@aarushchaubey516]

@@ramikla_146 lmao

[@TheOnlyHalfline]

i had mind blown moment a while back when i realize two things: 1) trees literally grow out of thin air. wood is made of carbon that gets pulled from the air 2) when people lose weight they're literally breathing it out. fat is hydrocarbons. when it gets burned the carbon gets released into the blood and gets exhaled through the lungs

[@VeganV5912]

No thank you. Stick to sweet potatoes and grains and oats and berries et cetera. 80,000 edible plants, and fruit and nuts et cetera !!!

[@TransasaurusRex]

Hope your taking multivitamins at the very least 🤣

[@VeganV5912]

@@TransasaurusRex .. No. 7 years vegan. Blood test is fine. The doctor was amazed !!! Yeast is B12. Teaspoon 500% !!!!! And it’s natural 🦠 (hint hint 🥖🍞B12 ). Or marmite teaspoonful 480% !!!!! . Are you a vegan ?? Or are you hurting innocent animals, bludgeoned to death, for a burger. 5 minute burger et cetera ?????

[@TransasaurusRex]

@@VeganV5912 I'm a meat eater, yes, but basically just meat, making a burger would involve the inferior fuel source, carbohydrates, which had proven to be useless for me as I just gian weight from eating carbs, even so called "good carbs" which is why i advocate for a high fat low carb, mostly meat based diet

[@jeanneamato8278]

Or we could just eat plants. I guess I’m just old fashioned.

[@vietnamd0820]

Yep, I’m with you on this 👍👍

[@brodiemarks8392]

Just eat some grass lol

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

Or we could just eat meat. Guess im old fashioned

[@vietnamd0820]

@@tyrannicalbigtech5842 Tyrannical big animal agriculture would love for you to keep eating meat

[@FoodieOmni]

@@vietnamd0820 Like tyrannical Monsanto would love you to keep eating plants?

[@nicolaybastos]

Neat idea, but I'll stick with whole plants and air guitar.

[@vietnamd0820]

Yes! ❤️😂👍

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Exactly, there is no alternative to nature and people should understand this (by the way you can have a second hand guitar and learn it :D): kzbin.info/www/bejne/boG0ZaasqaaZo6s

[@drunkvegangal8089]

Star Trek would be proud.

[@ArticBlueFox96]

@Cara Hetherington Well the predecessor of replicators

[@lizmednick3842]

I'd go for Air Palm Oil in a heartbeat. In fact I'd be happy with Air Anything that replaces giant monocultures and extractive industries like fishing to let the land that they're grown on and the ocean they swim in recover.

[@jabbathehutt1618]

“The premise of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!!!!

[@davidk2187]

The air meat can only be cooked with an air fryer.

[@nicoleonfeels]

You already breathe air, why not eat it? Makes logical sense 😂

[@Kiyarose3999]

Cos growing Forest Gardens produce max food per acre, provide Wildlife habitats, and Carbon Sinks, while the connection to nature and the plants we eat is life affirming! 🌎✊🏽🌻✌🏽

[@TheMicholopezf]

Make sure you chew it long enough for better digestion

[@siriusneo6517]

SMH. Our natural state is breatharian, it not a joke.

[@waltersumofan]

Seriously, I'm just happy to eat a potato. Why do they hate potatoes?

[@alikgautam5539]

They hate potatoes but they like potato chips and french fries😂

[@aSyMbolden]

It's a cArB (🤦🏻‍♀️)

[@RogueAstro85]

@@aSyMbolden I used to buy into the carb myth. I don't know how I didn't realize this but now I it funny that people say we're addicted to carbs when if I offered someone the option of baked fries vs deep fried fries, they wouldn't think twice about choosing the fried ones, unless they were trying to be healthy o_0

[@TransasaurusRex]

@@RogueAstro85 its literally only healthier to have the normal chip because the mixture of fat and carbs is a big mistake, carbs are still not healthy

[@RogueAstro85]

@@TransasaurusRex show mw one iota of evidence.

[@banana12202]

I never thought one of your videos would be so relevant to my PhD research on nitrogenase and diazotrophs! So cool

[@travisw.5116]

I’ll be surprised when they make air tomatoes.

[@drunkvegangal8089]

Your comment, Travis, is sorely underrated.

[@theGothicTopic]

I've been vegan for the past 8 months and have never been and felt so healthy.. I'm down for anything like this

[@snazzycracker2]

Watch 'Apocalypse Cow' with George Monboit in it. It is covered in that, he visits the Finnish scientists behind the same kind of product, he visits their lab and they show you the process.

[@chiyerano]

Interesting. Looks like we're taking breatherianism to a whole new level well beyond cellular agriculture even.

[@tamcon72]

This is fascinating, but I'll stick to my seitan, thanks : ) Seriously, TFP, and welcome, Brave New World!

[@AndreaAvila78]

Very interesting video. Thanks! No, on the old hair style. Keep it short and simple. It suits you. You're very handsome.

[@imgayasheck595]

Mic I love that you did your undergrad on photobioreactors. I was just looking for new photobioreactor papers. Found one that looked like a tree. They called it a bionic tree design. Anyway about the video, I look into these a few times a year (solarfoods is another one) and I think we'll be seeing more of them. There are so many undiscovered microbes and chemoautotrophs specifically.

[@Pyriphlegeton]

That's funny timing! I actually asked myself a few days ago why we don't use the 78% nitrogen from our atmosphere and rather rely on proteins to get it. Turns out, Nitrogen as a gas is really, really stable and needs too much energy to be taken apart and absorbed.

[@andrewk.7498]

I'd eat air meats over bug meats ANY day

[@eby6114]

Algae seems pretty complete, fast growing and extremely nutritional. Single celled etc

[@veganryori]

So... How do you look younger now than in the old photo?! Is it kale? It's kale isn't it?! 😬😅

[@Fearzero]

Lighting.

[@veganryori]

@@Fearzero sweetheart this was very much a) a joke and b) rhetorical. Thanks.

[@Fearzero]

@@veganryori Keep your day job honey.

[@bloodsucker228]

Animal fat

[@drunkvegangal8089]

The answer is always kale no matter what the question is.

[@dQminQ]

There's also company called solarfoods, that make food from air, they came out last summer.

[@imgayasheck595]

When i clicked on the video I thought it was going to be about them but I was pleasantly surprised. This one has more published studies.

[@jasonito23]

13:33 Frodo Baggins!

[@MindsEyeVisualGuitarMethods]

Hunny I'm heading over to the air butcher...should we go for the Cirrus cuts or Cummulous? Cummulangus?

[@EdgeMasterPro]

Also watching Thorium. A modular Molten salt thorium reactor is probably the most promising tech of they can overcome the corrosive issues.

[@jyarf]

Plot Twist: They are just collecting human skin cell particles from dust in the air. Air Meat = Cannibalism. Kidding :)

[@julie68au]

Soylent air !

[@WaddyMuters]

Just kidding… unless

[@anulfolantigua6291]

This is breatherian's wet dream

[@ilovealexo]

I just peed myself laughing

[@derbykirby3627]

You need to consume lives to sustain your own life be it animals or plants. You can’t just consume chemical compounds. There is more to humans than the chemical compounds that we are created from.

[@jaiskreno]

2:22 i fucking love your humor so much ive laughed at this for like way more than i shouldve

[@jaiskreno]

the timing and the cutting is SPOT ON

[@MictheVegan]

Just don't watch the very end after I say the video is over :O

[@manilak4415]

Haha same! I kept replaying that😂

[@pixelated.peachyangel]

lol just from the start. This gonna be good!

[@rebeccamouse9294]

The coolest TED Talk ever!

[@princedoge4586]

In a few centuries are we gonna be able to live in trees that plop food for you everyday lol

[@deepakhiranandani6488]

Interesting, and various aspects and ramifications examined. Thanks. Nice surprise to see the old picture. I probably wouldn't have recognized it as Mic. I like the current look... 'Havaa khaanaa' or eating air is a somewhat familiar Hindi expression, for chilling, sauntering etc. outdoors. 😊.

[@sharondesfor4112]

CHON food. We've finally caught up to the Heechee. Thank you, Frederik Pohl.

[@nickscott4574]

Breatharianism intensifies

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

Meat is much better for the planet. Animals on grass heals the land thats been destroyed by crops and stops desertification

[@berniv7375]

You are a tyrannical meat eater. Please evolve. Go Vegan.

[@happygimp0]

The biggest contributor to desertification is animals agriculture, especially pasture.

[@leonsahasrara4396]

Breaking bad lab food... its all in the cook.

[@mikeskylark1594]

GREAT NEWS! We gotta invest ALL our energy into those kinds of companies!

[@weirdunclebob]

Honestly, Mic, where do you get some of these graphs?! *3:05 "enviornments" (twice!) and "defferent", *5:12 "emmission" 🤣🤣🤣

[@larryd6143]

My guess is when it becomes cost efficient, fast food chains will bread it, deep fry it and serve it with a dipping sauce and it will become the new nuggets. It will go beyond that but for starters that is one. Another plus, not needing refrigeration it will be much cheaper to transport as flour.

[@skiptrace1888]

Wow! After 2020, the bad news year, anything positive is welcome, but this is really exciting! I thought water from air was amazing, but this has awesome possibilities! Thanks for researching and pointing this out! :-))) 👍👍👍😀😃😄

[@goratanemaorani5290]

Things get stranger and stranger. I have no idea how to feel but if it helps others I’m GAME!

[@shadowc5]

Veganism (new and improved) - now with less incidental crop death!

[@dude8462]

While a cool idea, how is this any different from Mycoprotien that's been in production for decades? We already have fungus based protein that's sold under the Quorn brand. It's cool that they can get oils and carbohydrates out of this process, but it doesn't seem that special.

[@naomikriss5208]

Heads up for people who (like me) didn’t realize that NOT ALL QORN is vegan. So check the package.

[@Bliss_99988]

Hey Mic! I love your content, I've been a subscriber forever. I just want to say that it's good that you toned down the jokes on this one, usually a lot of your content is serious and interesting and not having a whole lot of jokes just suits it more.

[@evelinastankeviciute2678]

I wonder if they could actually produce a lot of top beneficial phytonutrients that way. I feel like plant farming could in many ways be more efficient in producing the best of food considering the effects of whole foods vs singled out nutrients + regarding taste properties, texture, appealing looking. But in terms of replacing any oils and animal products, perhaps also some processed foods such as soy or wheat protein, this looks like a very meaningful substitute.

[@zamin_ali]

I'm very interested to see how this turns out. See if it's going to be healthy like eating whole plant Foods. Or if it's going to be a process refined product like what is currently on the market. Only time will tell!

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

Reminds me of that Sliders episode where the food was made using technology and it tasted of whatever the person eating it imagined. In the sense they could make any food they imagined.

[@thecavekooks]

Air plants are not called "air ferns" by anyone. They are a type of bromeliad from the genus Tillandsia and are true plants. They are in fact angiosperms and highly derived plants with specific adaptations to epiphytic living.

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

Good video Mic. You rock. I'm sure you have learned since posting this that hydrolysis is splitting with water, electrolysis is splitting with electricity. It's a common slip-up. :-) Anyway, thank you for your continued efforts.

[@MayorBrownn]

This is too much cmon. Just eat your plants

[@spanishDoll1]

That company is insane

[@generallygenna]

This is such an interesting product. Thanks for the overview / study analysis!

[@linyenchin6773]

I dislike your inability to realize that generation isn't so called "creation" but mere construction. *I do respect your intent.*

[@imgayasheck595]

All creation is "mere construction" so this point is moot

[@kimscheuer8023]

diggin the long curly hair!

[@roku3216]

Grow your hair out. It's another protein source you could experiment with. (Also, that look is adorable on you).

[@mariahashimoto2053]

Anything that offers alternatives for the meat industry is a WIN

[@CharGC123]

Sounds pretty amazing! Like you I'd prefer stuff that nature perfected, but it would be great for the world!!! And OMG YES Mic, grow out your hair!

[@marley7659]

Or you get Carbon heat conducting fibres that heat directly from a hydrothermal vent or lava deposit to super heat an area in which these microorganisms thrive. Take the residual methane gas and compress it for use.

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

I read a paper that suggested that in an increasingly rich CO2 environment, plants will have lower and lower N content... As long as we don't run out of N someday, I guess that will be the next problem...

[@edenvanvugt]

You do great work, Mike. Thank you!

[@kyriep9711]

Gotta love getting a Spam meat commercial before your vid plays 😩

[@In20xx]

The more clean water becomes hard to get, the more we will reinvent how we make food. Growing animals to get meat is like leaving a sprinkler on day and night. Animal derived food will get more expensive as water gets more expensive so we will need to find new ways like the method in this video.

[@VoidTakeMe]

Hello! Could someone please tell me the title of the outro song? I have been in a quest to find it for some time now; alas it has eluded me entirely. Does anyone know?

[@thedebatehitman]

This ought to be interesting.

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

Hope they don't use the smoggy air from China ;-)

[@LelandReview]

Nice to see your channel still going strong after all these years. Man your voice has completely changed. It sounds very high pitched now. What happened ?

[@Nina-cd6uw]

Somebody asked if we can "overmine" microorganisms and as a person free of knowledge on that I'd agree to ask this question.

[@kittyoppliger5309]

Did you ever get your MPH?

[@MictheVegan]

Been doing it part time with no breaks and it is still gonna be a bit lol.

[@kittyoppliger5309]

@@MictheVegan good for you! I just found out I was accepted to UM Nutrition for my MPH :)

[@IRosamelia]

I'm flabbergasted 😮

[@kristenstewart_]

Brilliant, so informative. 👏 Love your vids. You're totally the reason I gave up meat and animal products. HEALTHY!💪💚

[@Diamonte-p8i]

Are the products they are making from the flour (specifically the air protein meat in the picture you showed) completely vegan? It would be great to know if they are committed to creating only vegan products if they are making food products themselves.

[@Stuartrusty]

4th, last time I was this early was when I was born.

[@carolinaochoa7900]

Mic please, how can we ask KZbin to include the option to report animal abuse on videos? Thanks

[@ejholahan716]

Thanks, Mic. . Looking good.

[@sk.n.9302]

Mic, pls look up Precision Fermentation. I believe this is what you are talking about. A good reference is RethinkX (a california think tank) with Tony Seba. Also the Good Food Institute (GFI) with Nate Crosser. He has a presentation that explains this. Precision Fermentation is a natural process, which mskes things like beer and bread, they have now just taken this a step up. Precision Fermentation is on the cusp of disrupting food and agricultural production. Pls make a video!

[@corinaboho]

This was a fantastic video, thanks!! I’d definitely eat that to help the planet! 😃

[@kofiperry19]

Don't grow your hair Mic, cut it! Just like how you cut the beard - it's a good look

[@Nina-cd6uw]

No, Pro beard over here! 🚨

[@chrisogrady28]

Long hair with stubble is the best

[@vietnamd0820]

Mic’s hair looks great! No need for changes! 👍👍

[@ylonmc2]

So people with periodontal dicease don't need to supplement with b12?

*Mic the Vegan* [5:10]: _“… or you can take the methane by-product and by adding a ton of heat and pressure you can do what is called ‘natural gas reforming’ where you basically reverse the reaction and create the hydrogen and carbon dioxide…”_ - Dude, you got it wrong. That scheme [5:16 on] isn’t of “natural gas [methane steam] reforming” but of methane cracking. The end products of methane cracking aren’t H2, CO2 and thermal energy (since methane steam reforming releases net energy) but H2 and carbon powder.

[@thomaspomeroy5678]

I am curious: You of speak about how a whole foods plant based diet can reverse heart disease. How long does this process take?

[@snazzycracker2]

They aren't the first to do this. Finnish scientists made a protein pancake for Geroge Monbiot back in Jan 2020 there is a BBC programme about it. It's a protein flour like soya, same as Air Proteins comments about a protein flour. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07zt1hs

[@leonsahasrara4396]

Thank you Mic The Vegan... just doing it...

[@davesyoutubestuff6183]

It seems like there is very little press on this given the potential. Right now I'm just trying to find out if this is real or hot air.

[@abdulmuheeth9842]

Hey mic can u do another video about similar topics, the next one could be on single cell proteins or protein from woodchips and also about remilk milk made from bacteria fermentation

[@sarahann857]

Honestly, I don't care if it's healthy. I'm not gonna eat it, but I would like unhealthy people to be unhealthy without destroying our habitat. I am currently in a situation were I have to sell animal products, (makes me so miserable!) and, believe me, SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT OR CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY EAT!

[@krishnaveganathar]

The Veritasium video on how trees gain their mass, addresses this topic.

[@kathivy]

Prototype for Star Trek food replicators.

[@fknbastages]

The future is near.

[@siriusneo6517]

As a breatharian this scares the crap outta me, who knows what this crap will do to you body, will it hold people back from their own inner evolution? So many choose the easy way I smh.

[@henkhenk4396]

If this takes of it could almost replace agriculture. And think there will be a new kind of vegan that refrains from eating soil-grown food for environmental and ethical reasons. WIth crop deaths, pesticides etc there may be a point were soil agriculture can no longer be considered vegan. This is all assuming that the project won't turn out to be hot air

[@j7ndominica051]

This is preferable to eating insects, which gets brought up every once in a while. We already have fermented foods and bacteria inside us. But they will probably discover some health issue with it 50 years later. We need more plants growing not bacteria factories.

[@brookelee6350]

Interesting....Science is crazy. I think I will stick to a Whole Foods plant-based diet! BTW your eyes are dreamy! Keep doing what you do! You’re awesome!