I don't think ideas like veganism and lab grown meat are really about "saving the planet." I think most people have a lot of guilt and body horror for various r

I don't think ideas like veganism and lab grown meat are really about "saving the planet." I think most people have a lot of guilt and body horror for various reasons and would like to imagine there is somehow some perfect answer out there. Saving the planet from climate change is the latest rally cry for people wanting to identify as do-gooders. For most such people, appearances matter more than reality. Eating less meat than most Americans typically eat is probably a wise move for both your health and the planet. But extremes of this sort seem unlikely to really be the miracle solution people want. If cost is any kind of meaningful proxy for resource use, I have difficulty imagining that the current prices cited in the article have any hope of ever becoming some kind of meaningful positive impact on human carbon footprint.