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Re:Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is closer to cr... by slfnflctd on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @09:09AM (#39990298)
If everyone stopped drinking alcohol, society would also collapse.

By monetary valuation, the global alcohol market is over 30x the size of the global meat market. Does this mean we should discourage people from replacing getting drunk with healthier alternatives?

Re:Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is closer to cr... by shrubble on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @09:16AM (#39990355)
Do you have a source for this statement? Doesn't pass the smell test for me...
Re:Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is closer to cr... by slfnflctd on Thursday April 11, 2024 @08:31AM (#40001411)
Well, I had sources yesterday but I didn't save them. Today all I can find is that the alcohol industry is a little bigger, but not 30x (maybe closer to 20%). I'm not sure why there is so much disparity in these kinds of figures. Every source I can find today still seems to indicate the meat industry is at least somewhat smaller, though.

Source for meat products market size estimated at 1660.64 billion in 2023: https://www.precedenceresearch.com/meat-products-market

Source for alcoholic beverages market size estimated at 1949.2 billion in 2021: https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/alcoholic-beverages-...