It’s hard to imagine walking into a pub and not ordering a tall frosty delicious beer on a hot day. Alcohol has become so ingrained in our culture, particularly where celebrations are concerned, but one scientist reckons we’ll ditch the piss within “a generation”.
While we might not be drinking in the traditional sense, we’ll certainly still be getting smashed. Rather than guzzling the real stuff, we’ll be sucking down a synthetic alternative, says a top British scientist.
Former government drugs advisor of the Imperial College London, Professor David Nutt, says we’ll still be copping the intoxicating effects from this alternative drink, but without the harmful consequences that traditional alcohol has on our bodies.
As you’d expect, it has an incredibly dystopian-sounding name: alcosynth. Nutt reckons it could replace alcohol sooner than you’d think. “In another 10 or 20 years, Western societies won’t drink alcohol except on rare occasions,” he told the International Business Times UK.
This transition will probably look a lot like the emergence of e-cigarettes in the tobacco industry, which old mate also thinks will replace cigarettes completely.
“Alcosynth will become the preferred drink, in the same way that I can see — almost within a decade now in the Western world — tobacco and cigarettes will disappear as they’re replaced by electronic cigarettes,” he said.
Nutt is currently bidding for $12 million of investment with his venture, Alcarelle, which plans to bring a synthetic, low-calorie, and hangover-free alcohol to British, European, US or Canadian markets.
Oi, Nutty professor ,mate, bring that shit here. A hundred bucks says we’ll lap that shit up in no time. Hangovers are a scourge and must be defeated.
