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Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk by mbfg on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:34PM (#12936458)
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.

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Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk by RehnoLindeque on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:01PM (#12936526)
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.
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Re:Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk by nitrogen on Saturday November 12, 2016 @01:25PM (#12939300)
What percentage of usable land is actually used, and what percentage of that usable land percentage is used destructively?
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