The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery reveals the surprising origin of matter that makes up the replicated food of the future.
Source: Star Trek: Discovery Reveals the Disgusting Source of Replicated Food
So in the 32nd century, replicators make food out of poop. See Star Tek: Discovery, ep??
Has anyone done the math? Barring some process that over-unity, energy-wise, wouldn’t a population run out of poop doing this? Or does the e=mc^2 conversion mentioned fix this?


