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i think even more likely: we will find a way to make our consumption of meat more sustainable

• izzydata 8y ago
  Like all that "just around the corner" lab grown meat?
  • codefined 8y ago
    We seem to have seen a massive, measurable improvement in lab grown meat in the past 2-3 years. Going down from hundreds of thousands of dollars to single digit prices[0]. I don't know how the market is going to respond, but if we get a similar decrease in price it should get a large market share, having no noticeable negative attributes. [0] https://bigthink.com/ideafeed/answering-how-a-sausage-gets-made-will-be-more-complicated-in-2020 https://bigthink.com/ideafeed/answering-how-a-sausage-gets-m... [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clean-meat-lab-grown-available-restaurants-2018-global-warming-greenhouse-emissions-a8236676.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clean-meat-lab-gr...
    • azernik 8y ago
      I'm looking for the source for that number; it seems to come from Mark Post (head of a company in the space), and the closest I can find to an original quote is him saying last year that "it's possible" to grow at $80/kilo (i.e. single-digits per hamburger patty). I would be very skeptical of that specific number while there are no market transactions going on.
• toomanybeersies 8y ago
  Or meat will become more expensive and people will move towards vegetable based diets. I've mostly cut meat out of my diet and it's saving me probably $50 per week. I don't eat those expensive meat replacements like quorn though. I didn't cut meat out specifically for financial reasons, or any particular reason really, I just stopped wanting to eat meat. The financial benefits are just a bonus.