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Is there any legit reason to be against lab grown meat?
The most likely reason would be that the people who pay for your vacations and prostitutes own cattle.
no, other then the drug industry not being able to pump crap into the animals to then be fed to humans.
There's an argument for labeling so people can make an informed choice; I would actively seek it put for ethical reasons while som might avoid it.
I can only think of bad reasons for an outright ban.
I think the main question is if production is viable on a commercial scale, the last I heard it wasn't very likely to be in the foreseeable future.
Price
It's an ultra luxury item that can't be available to the masses (yet) and needs to mature as a product.
There will be problems that we dont know about yet, and IF it destroys the ability to provide local alternative (traditional meat produced as responsible as is possible, which is already a problem)until it can take over, it will only accelerate the razing of the Amazon
Just an opinion, I could very well be wrong but I'm trying to offer an actual answer for the sake of discussion. I'm not personally opposed to culture meat or whatever is going to be called when marketing starts trying to sell it, for the record
I'm a big fan of impossible meats, and as a normal meat eater I would still happily eat impossible if it was available. My wife doesn't eat meat so we've replaced all ground beef recipes with impossible, it makes great chili, meatballs, burgers, etc.
But I've been wondering about it because it seems to be an ultra processed food, especially compared to real meat. What are the implications of this? On the whole is it really any better than beef or chicken? Especially locally sourced, high quality meat, not from a mega farm. How much water is used in making lab grown meat? What other chemicals are used? What's the cost of shipping all those ingredients and finished product across the country? How much power is used in production and manufacturing? What is the difference in health impact of lab grown vs real? How does this all compare to a local beef producer?
I'm not ready to quit impossible, and I'd hate to, but I wonder if it's really the best decision.
I wonder about all this, too.
The fact that it's artificial and has who knows what in it to create the abomination with who knows what health effects it has?
Reduce consumption, production, and our population and keep eating actual fucking meat. We're going to fuck around and screw ourselves royally because we refused to do the simplest goddamn solutions to the problems we created.