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So what? Meat is too cheap anyway - it’s subsidized beyond reason and healthcare costs are crazy. Give it time and there’s a non-zero chance we won’t have an ec
by exdsq 5y ago
So what? Meat is too cheap anyway - it’s subsidized beyond reason and healthcare costs are crazy. Give it time and there’s a non-zero chance we won’t have an economy to care about due to climate change. This is a good step even if it’s ‘costly’.
- deworms 5y agoWe've been hearing that line for the last 50 years. Bacon and eggs cause/cure cancer depending on the week of the year. Meat remains one of the healthiest and most nutritious things you can eat, the problem is a wild west of cancerous additives and unrestrained processed foods in countries like USA.
- sinemetu11 5y agoI wonder if lab-grown meat is also carcinogenic.[1] Funds directed at educating the public on the amount of protein they actually need instead of high-protein diets would go a long way towards reducing energy consumption and emissions to help the climate. Lab-grown meat seems like the wrong direction when there are numerous good protein sources already. [1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2015/11/03/report-says-eating-processed-meat-is-carcinogenic-understanding-the-findings/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2015/11/03/repo...