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what is the holdup? how are we not just throwing government dollars at this industry??
by shaunxcode 9y ago
what is the holdup? how are we not just throwing government dollars at this industry??
- lucidguppy 9y agoSomebody is throwing money at the politicians.
- jdavis703 9y agoBecause a headline like "Lab grown meat kills hundreds" could set the industry back a century. There's also the fact that ranchers, pig farmers, meat packers and the rest of BigAg don't want their businesses disrupted. And then add in the anti food-tech people (the ones who complain about Soylent et. al.) and combine that with the anti-vegeterian folks and you have a whole lot of opposition. As a current vegetarian I'm excited to start eating these lab grown meats, but I also want the industry to do it safely and intelligently.
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- marricks 9y agoI think throwing money would help, especially with testing. It’s not like thrown money needs to go just to scaling....
- kemiller 9y agoComplaining about Soylent per se doesn’t make you anti-food tech generally. Soylent has legitimate serious issues. But I agree with you that we need to approach it sensibly.
- pault 9y agoCould you link me to some of those serious issues? I've been using soylent to save myself the effort of scrounging for breakfast and lunch lately.
- jdavis703 9y agoThey've had some ingredient mislabeling issues and also some reports of people suffering from algal oil allergies (it's a novel food additive, and it turns out that while it has certain health benefits, a lot of people can't process it nicely). They have since removed the algal oil from their newer formulations, and hopefully have better processes around labeling so they don't make that same mistake again.
- whb07 9y agobecause a government bureaucrat does not have the experience/skill/knowledge to invest in such projects. That is what the private investors and markets are for.