Re:Lab-Grown Meat Is Safe to Eat, FDA Says
by dpkirchner on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:57PM
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> It is very efficient form the POV of $/calorie.
It's probably only efficient because farms don't have to cover the cost of their methane+CO2 emissions and water usage+pollution. I'd like to see these subsidies eliminated.
It is very efficient form the POV of $/calorie. But it is terribly inefficient from a hectare/calorie.
The purpose of modern industrial agriculture was to free up labour for industry. It has been a huge success in that.
Applying technology to the food production system is IMO a good idea. I think we should be sensible. Using robotics and regenerative agriculture has huge potential to increase production, increase the quality of land husbandry, and sequester carbon in retained topsoil.
Applying technology to growing meat in vats? It is hard to see how it could improve the situation. The one thing it does is free the consumer from being part of a killing chain. I can see no reason to believe that it will improve the system in any other respect. I retain an open mind about that, but am yet to be convinced.
If you do not want to be part of a killing chain, perhaps the best way is to become a vegetarian rather than open a factory?