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> sense of ickiness or masculinity If they can keep the cost lower (2/3 or better 1/2 price) than animal meat, all of the stigma will just poof out of existenc
by me_me_me 5y ago
> sense of ickiness or masculinity
If they can keep the cost lower (2/3 or better 1/2 price) than animal meat, all of the stigma will just poof out of existence.
This is very exiting, but its a not solution to global warming (only small factor).
>> Methane has a large effect but for a relatively brief period, having an estimated mean half-life of 9.1 years in the atmosphere, whereas carbon dioxide is currently given an estimated mean lifetime of over 100 years
Still very exiting to possibly live through end factory farming.
- ethanbond 5y agoTotally agreed - competitive flavor at superior price will make those other arguments disappear. That’s why I think we should view this as a foregone conclusion and get positioned to simply own the future, or at least not have our future owned by someone else.
- Noos 5y ago...sure, like Carob was a foregone conclusion to replace chocolate: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/how-carob-traumatized-a-generation https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/how-c... As someone who actually had to eat Tiger's Milk bars as a kid, good luck at it.
- me_me_me 5y agoWe are not talking about alternative faux products, but meat fibres that are grown form actual animal tissue at the start (AFAIK thats how they do it). In theory this should taste similar to traditional meat and in the future they will work out marbling etc