> once we as a species transition fully to lab grown meat I wish... there are many obstacles to implementing that on the scale and timeline needed. I worry we

> once we as a species transition fully to lab grown meat I wish... there are many obstacles to implementing that on the scale and timeline needed. I worry we don't have time to wait for that, while we already have plants that could sustain us completely and easily (82% of calories, 63% of proteins). https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets > it is simply less convenient than eating meat Tradition, culture, convenience, taste. The only reasons. > There really is no alternative currently that still satiates people's demands for the taste of meat It's starting to change. Plant-based alternatives for meat (junk food) are getting better everyday (at least where I live). In the last years came new bacon and sausages, which my SO refuses to eat because they're "too meat-like".