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We might be thinking of different things. I'm referring to actual animal protein, without the animal. Not meat substitutes. Of course, I enthusiastically suppor
by specialist 6y ago
We might be thinking of different things. I'm referring to actual animal protein, without the animal. Not meat substitutes. Of course, I enthusiastically support every variety of protein source.
- onion2k 6y agoI don't think we are. Vat grown meat is animal protein that's grown in controlled conditions in a lab by adding chemicals and mechanically "massaging" it. That's economically closer to growing a vegetable than raising cattle.
- specialist 6y agoEconomically? Ok, sure, probably. I was stuck on the mental model of plants using photosynthesis for energy. And non-biologist me assumed meats would use other sources of energy, like how yeasts and bacteria function. FWIW, I just learned that "cultured meat" seems to be the catch all phrase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat I should probably learn more about how it actually works.