Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di...
by pacman2 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:17PM
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Late to the party but:
"Is there anyone on HN with deep expertise in this area who can comment on this article's scientific accuracy?"
Yes, I do. But I wont do it since beside me expertise I would have to take at least several weeks of full time to dig through the scientific literature and potential patent situation.
"Most of us have a limited appetite for 50-dollar lab-grown chicken nuggets."
This is where I become skeptical. We are not talking about fusion energy, something that does not violate physical laws but has not been able to work net energy positive in a man made setting. We are talking about something that has been shown it can be down.
"Is there anyone on HN with deep expertise in this area who can comment on this article's scientific accuracy?"
Yes, I do. But I wont do it since beside me expertise I would have to take at least several weeks of full time to dig through the scientific literature and potential patent situation.
"Most of us have a limited appetite for 50-dollar lab-grown chicken nuggets."
This is where I become skeptical. We are not talking about fusion energy, something that does not violate physical laws but has not been able to work net energy positive in a man made setting. We are talking about something that has been shown it can be down.
50 USD per nugget? What immediately comes to mind is the BCG Experience Curve: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2013/growth-business-unit-s...
Hence, gut feeling without literature research: He is wrong.
Prediction:
1. We will see commercially lab grown meet bigger than lab scale within the next 10-20 years.
2. It will still be a minority market in the next 10-20 years
3. First products will be chicken nuggets, Hamburgers and (surprise) pet food.