Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
by mbfg on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:34PM
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once lab meat/lab milk can be produced at or below cost of farming, cows will likely go extinct, unfortunately.
A less vulgar correlary is that once horse racing is outlawed, horses will mostly go extinct as well, as the racing industry is responsible for being able to acquire feed/hay/veternary care for the average horse owner. Without it will be practically impossible to keep 'pleasure' horses.
We humans are nasty creatures.
Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
by RehnoLindeque on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:01PM
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From what I've heard most land-use in the world goes towards animal agriculture - mainly for growing feed. Don't quote me, but I think it's over 40% of all land use in the USA. On balance I'd be far more concerned about the destruction of habitat for already endangered wildlife.
Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
by nitrogen on Saturday November 12, 2016 @01:25PM
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What percentage of usable land is actually used, and what percentage of that usable land percentage is used destructively?
Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
by Ericson2314 on Friday November 11, 2016 @09:42PM
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Billions of animals won't be brought into existence, you mean.
I can't picture the day where people stop eating meat. It just won't happen, not matter what arguments you present.
The best way to go is replacing it, and the perfect postulate is lab meat, which I hope, is going to be massively produced at low cost in the next ten years. And even if it doesn't ill people, tastes the same as natural meat, you will find resistence.
So, to summarise: lab meat at lower cost than natural meat, demands plunge, billions of animals are saved every year.