Microbes and solar power ‘could produce 10 times more food than plants’

Just 55 percent of the world's crop calories are actually eaten directly by people. Another 36 percent is used for animal feed. And the remaining 9 percent goes toward biofuels and other industrial uses.

https://www.vox.com/2014/8/21/6053187/cropland-map-food-fuel....

We can obviously drop biofuels immediately, as a complete boondoggle, and replace a far portion of the animal feed with this stuff.

It does raise the question though of what the function of the global poor is going to be, since many of them are engaged in agriculture.

For that matter, Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series mentions "microfood" as a staple dish eaten by both the desperately poor and ludicrously wealthy.

Better that than Soylent Green.

You would be surprised with how people adapt to new foods. Lobster used to be something you fed to prisoners and slaves. White rice used to be the food of the rich in asia and a lot of Japanese sailors joined because that's how they could get it. Soy has always been animal feed, but now it's in everything. Whey protein used to be thrown away as waste.

You can already get algae powder as a protein supplement. I've seen a few vegan sushi recipes that use it to flavor vegetables to taste like fish.

https://www.capeporpoiselobster.com/a-brief-history-of-lobst....

https://www.amazon.com/Chlorella-Powder-Ounces-Superfood-Smo...

It's already a "Superfood" apparently.

https://www.amazon.com/Chlorella-Powder-Ounces-Superfood-Smo...