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Who cares? You're a single person and no one is forcing you to eat bugs, fungi, or fake meat. These products are for the many millions of people who prefer an
by smt88 4y ago
Who cares? You're a single person and no one is forcing you to eat bugs, fungi, or fake meat.
These products are for the many millions of people who prefer an inexpensive alternative to meat.
- jokethrowaway 4y agoOh, but they will. They've already started: https://thecountersignal.com/uk-school-children-to-be-fed-bugs/ https://thecountersignal.com/uk-school-children-to-be-fed-bu...
- hombre_fatal 4y agoThis is pretty off-topic, but reading more about Christopher Bear and the research group, the children aren't forced to eat it.
- AirborneUnicorn 4y agoFor obvious reasons, I don’t think this is a reliable source for such a claim by any means.
- _yoqn 4y agoIt's not obvious. What do you mean?
- _yoqn 4y agoThey will find out the truth soon enough. I'm glad some on HN still have some sense.
- aerostable_slug 4y ago> These products are for the many millions of people who prefer an inexpensive alternative to meat. Millions? Beyond Meat is tanking right now. Also, the substitutes are more expensive, not less, especially for products like pork.
- scrivna 4y agoStock price is tanking, probably because they started a movement and now they have 100 competitors and own brand labels competing… there’s more choice than ever. “Price” is a premium because vegetarians will pay a premium for something by unique. Not because it costs more to make.
- smt88 4y agoThere are more than a billion vegetarians worldwide. There are many millions even in non-Hindu countries.
- youor 4y ago
- _yoqn 4y agoTotally not true. They are going to drive up the cost of real meat and other livestock in the name of "climate change" and force regular people to opt for cheaper sources of food such as algae proteins, fake "meat", cricket flour, etc. Why do you think Bill Gates has invested heavily in this field? He is a monopolist first and technologist after.
- smt88 4y ago> They are going to drive up the cost of real meat and other livestock How will they do this, exactly? Also, isn't the cost of real meat too low as it is? It hasn't priced in climate externalities that other people (including non-meat-eaters) have to pay for. Shouldn't meat include all of its costs, not just the ones paid by the farmers?
- _yoqn 4y ago> How will they do this, exactly? Easy. Heavily regulate the farmers with climate regulations including carbon taxes. Or pass emissions laws like they have in the Netherlands which would force ranchers to downsize their herds. This would drive up cost to produce and scarcity of the product. As for the second part of your comment I truly am not sure what you're talking about? It seems like your sentiment confirms the first part of my answer.