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The question to ask is: can everyone eat meat from animals that had good happy, lives? Does that scale to everyone?

• AlexandrB 3y ago
  Yes if they eat a lot less of it. You probably can't raise animals as efficiently (especially in terms of land required) while keeping them happy. The difference will be reflected in the cost to the consumer - ethical meat is more expensive[1]. Whenever these conversations crop up, the idea that we might need to eat less meat to achieve ethical or environmental goals seems to be unthinkable to many commenters. The recent fad diets that focus on consuming tons of animal protein have really muddled the water as well since they seem to imply that you can't eat healthy while eating less meat. I think that's why you see so much enthusiasm for lab-grown meat. [1] https://www.ethicalfarmingfund.org/post/2018/05/30/the-truth-behind-the-price-of-humanely-raised-food https://www.ethicalfarmingfund.org/post/2018/05/30/the-truth...
  • x86x87 3y ago
    If people are willing to eat less meat would you have the problem to begin with? I feel the solution should me along the lines of pricing the meat accordingly vs inventing this freak alternative that allows you to virtue signal while still causing the same amount of damage. This without going into the question of what effects this synthetic meat could have on the human body - for better or worse people have been eating meat for all of history and AFAIK meat is one of the most nutriet dense foods you can eat.
• throwaway22032 3y ago
  Basically nothing scales to everyone. Everyone can't have an American or European house with a garden and a car. We don't plan for that in general.
  • roflyear 3y ago
    Exactly. What people are suggesting is we need a practical alternative: factory farming doesn't seem to be it.