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Most 'meat' in 2040 will not come from dead animals, says report
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It'll be interesting when real meat because a niche product in the West, like eating wild game is now. People look at you oddly when you mention deer or whatever, I imagine a steak will eventually be the same.
That's a good point, and I think a lot of this depends on how the politics play out. If farmers are important to the Republican vote, for example, then they'll probably be protected from this. If Republicans cash big enough checks from huge multi-nationals that have lobbied hard to get this kind of corporate control and reliability over a desirable resource, then the farmers are going to get steamrolled.
So much of this depends on how the Republicans weigh the usefulness of the rural vote versus corporate sponsorship.
Identity wise I think they'll take the farmers any day. "Soyboy" didn't become an alt-right insult without reason. The perceived feminization of men is an issue of utmost importance to those insecure in their masculinity. Money talks but "better for the environment" and "science" doesn't to Republicans.
I'm in. I'm already looking forward to new and previously unimagined taste sensations. Crab steaks, scallop chickens etc. Let's get weird with it!
They should just make the switch without telling us. After we've had it for a while, it'll just be considered the norm.
You can get chicken oyster already!
It would be interesting to see how this unfolds if other countries rapidly adopt this, and the US becomes the sole hold out, still eating farmed meat, outlawing abortions, rolling back minority rights, claiming global warming is a hoax, declaring anything unpleasant as Fake News, and spreading measles everywhere to Fight Autism.
I work for a large fast food company in Australia and we're testing fake bacon and pepperoni. Looks almost identical and the taste isn't too far off from the real deal.
Research has told us that millenials are more willing to try and accept fake meat substitutes. Trend will only increase over the next 5 years.
Research has told us that millenials are more willing to try and accept fake meat substitutes. Trend will only increase over the next 5 years.
I don't think this is terribly likely. It seems as though the justification for this idea is that there are going to be so many more vegans in the future that most meat will not come from animals:
Doubtful.
It also completely overlooks the economic costs involved. Companies that sell meat are not going to switch from the cost-efficient way meat is currently produced without a damn good reason.
My current take: this is 100 percent grade A bullshit.
Doubtful.
It also completely overlooks the economic costs involved. Companies that sell meat are not going to switch from the cost-efficient way meat is currently produced without a damn good reason.
My current take: this is 100 percent grade A bullshit.
CEO said on Vergecast a better version of the Beyond is coming out this summer, possibly giving a better smell and color.
plant based meat requires 1/10 of the energy and water to produce compared to meat. It's going to be an order of magnitude cheaper than real meat and once the taste and tech is there the economics of it will do the rest. I think it's inevitable, especially as people wake up to the fact that industrial animal husbandry is possibly the darkest chapter in all of human history.
I'm much less optimistic about lab-grown meat and if you look into the industry and what people on the forefront are saying it seems that plant-based meats is where the future is heading. I hope we get lab-grown bones though because I can't live without my demi glace stock.
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I figure they could just keep cloning tissues from some of the tastiest critters.
Jessie the cow's flesh will feed millions of consumers, all while she dies of an old age after a cozy cow life.
It will happen, because climate change will absolutely force meat producers to either quit or shrink enormously. We simply cannot afford to keep producing billions of animals every year just to slaughter them again.
As long as they get the texture/taste there I could see this happening.
As is, I haven't tried the Impossible but the Beyond burger doesn't really feel or taste all that close to meat. Like maybe really cheap heavily processed meat or something but that's not really good enough.
As is, I haven't tried the Impossible but the Beyond burger doesn't really feel or taste all that close to meat. Like maybe really cheap heavily processed meat or something but that's not really good enough.
there is always "protein bars"
yum yum.
I understand this reference.
Bugs have an image problem that isn't solved with some seasoning. They have to be wholly remade to look palatable.
I feel like 2040 is a pretty optimistic time frame. Tons of farmers, thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people will be out of a job. We talk about the impact of Automated Deliveries with truckers and how that's totally going to screw the drivers, but this is way worse. I'm all for lab meat, but you gotta provide jobs for all the people who will lose theirs and you gotta provide it fast. Otherwise I could see lab meat go the same way as climate change. Enough people with too much invested in it to ever allow laws that would stop it.
there is always "protein bars"
yum yum.
Ugh that always made me queasy in that movie.
This is pretty much my stance. As long as it tastes like the real thing then I am fine with it. But I have zero interest in anything that tries to imitate it and doesn't quite succeed.
I can't wait for the anti-lab meat movement to happen. Mark my words, people will go to any lengths to demonize scientific breakthrus.
It's going to be like that episode of Torchwood where people are hacking chunks of meat off of a captured space whale.
Nightmare scenario. Every single plant-based meat substitute I've ever had is absolutely disgusting. And most of them made my intestines go berserk.
It is not about laws, it is about costumer demand. And it is not only about lab meat but also vegetable alternatives. Many farmers will either do the switch or focus on higher quality meat for those who refuse to choose alternatives.
I personally will reduce meat intake and will go for the best meat whenever I want some.
I think you cant even imagine how good the alternatives will be 2040.
I personally would not go so far as disgusting because I have had a few different types of veggie burgers that are okay-ish, but they just don't taste as good as the real thing and that just kills my interest. Especially when they sometimes cost more than the real thing too.
This shit is so funny to me. Do you know how much mystery meat you are already eating? Do you think the food you buy now is not already made/processed with disgust? Unless this is /s then my bad.
Seems awfully soon to me but if they can actually achieve a 1 to 1 replica it will definitely blow up.
Sure, if it tastes the same, has the same texture, and is not more expensive than regular meat.
