Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers
by b_ttercup on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:15AM
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Probably just you. This product is indeed capable of changing the world for the better if scaled up. "Saving it" is hyperbole. But it's not about making a nice meal for vegetarians, it's about sustainable meat consumption for a growing population.
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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers
by Para2016 on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @10:14AM
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It's not just him.
Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers
by awkwarddaturtle on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:37AM
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>This product is indeed capable of changing the world for the better if scaled up. "Saving it" is hyperbole.
But "changing the world" isn't hyperbole?
> But it's not about making a nice meal for vegetarians, it's about sustainable meat consumption for a growing population.
What? Meat eaters aren't going to choose fake meat no more than vegetarians are going to choose fake vegetables/fruits.
People are still going to hunt, still going to keep livestock and still going to consume meat. We are omnivores after all.
Also, meat production is HIGHLY sustainable already. We waste tons of meat because we have such an excess of it.
Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers
by b_ttercup on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:51PM
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Meat eaters will eat fake meat if economics incentive them too. You don't need to completely switch over to impact the world. Growing meat is a substantial waste of energy and nutrients. Unless you think we will never struggle to produce enough food, it's hard to reconcile how you can think we won't run into issues with meat.