• buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The food replicators converted energy directly into food the same way transporters convert a person from matter into energy and then back again. What he was describing was a completely different type of process likely mechanical and chemical in nature.

    Note he did not say one of the things they turned waste into was food.

    Edit: IIRC they actually had an episode of Enterprise in which they encountered an alien race that had food replicators and were fascinated by the technology.

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      2 days ago

      Enterprise is the one Trek show I haven’t managed to finish, so I’ll have to take your word for it. I always assumed “food” was getting glossed over with that bashful “you name it”.