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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by libertine on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:57AM (#28627166)
But that's the thing, who will price those negative externalities?

Anyone in a poor country (with access to fertile land and water of course), with little to no education, will always be able to raise animals without a lab.

Basically for it to have a real impact over plant based meat, it will have to be cheaper then cattle meat - else it will just become luxury food for those who can afford it.

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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by hhmc on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:35AM (#28627408)
Getting rid of subsidies would be a very good start, and I suspect farmers in poor countires don't get subsidies.
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by libertine on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:53AM (#28627507)
Most definitely, but again I think that would just render meat more expensive. You need to get rid of subsidies and help the shift to something else, that something else needs to be more attractive.

This should have been going on for the past decade or so.

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