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 jknoepfler on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:26AM (#34442072)

Now account for the energy, land, labor, materials, and environmental externalities required to bring a cow from birth to the table at industrial scale (all the way from birth, through the animal's ~1.5 years of life (?), through slaughter, butchering, packing, distribution to the consumer, etc.), and compare that to a proportionate amount of beans and rice.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by nightski on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:50PM (#34443975)

1. Energy - The renewable folks would have us believe this is incredibly cheap 2. Land - Most of this land is not usable for other purposes. At least in the U.S. I am not speaking about globally because the problems there are largely political 3. Labor - Creating jobs and opportunities is not a bad thing 4. Environmental - With the wars going on I think we have a lot more to worry about than the 3% of emissions coming from animal husbandry in the U.S. Other than climate change impacts (which could be minimized even further with feed supplements), animal husbandry is actually beneficial to the environment.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by DangitBobby on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:01PM (#34449078)

Your 1. here is a bit of a copout.

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