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Re:How sustainable are fake meats? by an1sotropy on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:36AM (#32738587)
Ok, but maybe we should be shifting subsidies away from animal-based food and towards plant-based food (for humans).

"Frustrating" is by itself vague, so I agree with your point. I meant: frustrating for having an informed conversation about how a changing world and a changing climate suggest a changing diet. Past subsidies to animal agriculture make it easier for people to now dismiss new plant-based foods as fringe and not for them, because of their cost.

Re:How sustainable are fake meats? by steve_adams_86 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @03:42PM (#32793980)
There are so many ways that having a plant-based good system is far superior to what we have. I don’t really understand why we’re so intent on devoting so much wealth to eating animals.

Plants high in protein are easier to preserve, cheaper to grow, cheaper to transport, can be stored with less energy, the list goes on.

It seems like we do this entirely because most of us think it tastes good. There’s no reason we couldn’t sustain ourselves on a fraction of the meat, dairy, and eggs that we have now.

I do wonder what I’m missing. There must be more to it.