Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just Another Fad

Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by spaniard89277 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:51AM (#34437785)

Turns out beating nature is pretty hard.

Cows look basically like processing plants. They produce food, fertilizer and energy (biogas).

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by ben_w on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:34AM (#34438400)

After 5000 years of selective breeding, cows aren't that natural any more.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by gambiting on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:49AM (#34438484)

By that logic, nothing is(including us).

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by goodpoint on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:14AM (#34438675)

Quite the opposite. Animal farming is proven to be incredibly inefficient.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by spicymaki on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:10AM (#34441102)

Depends on your metrics. If you consider land and water use as a factor they are very inefficient. In terms of nitrogen (for fertilizer etc.) we get most of from the air these days (via the Haber-Bosh process). Manure also has a cost as a source of water pollution and food contaminate. The CO2/NOX emissions are a downstream cost. We are paying for these as externalities and subsidizing the industry via our taxes in turn.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by honkler on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:32AM (#34441365)

there is no bird that flies faster than a boeing. Nor a bird that flies higher than a rocket.

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