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well its a good thing its too expensive for you then. They are marketing this to the rich. on a more serious note. we are gettin pushback on people eating vege

well its a good thing its too expensive for you then. They are marketing this to the rich. on a more serious note. we are gettin pushback on people eating vegetarian. people will "not eat the bugs" and yet people also want to have unmitigated population control and increase our net energy usage. something has to give...

aussieguy1234 3y ago
I've heard from a bunch of different sources that most land humans use for farming is specifically for animal agriculture and that if everyone went vegetarian, something like 20% of the land would be required. I'm hoping that if lab grown meat takes off and becomes affordable for your average person, we might be able to give back some of the land that was de-forested for animal agriculture back to nature.
- cultofmetatron 3y ago
  > we might be able to give back some of the land that was de-forested for animal agriculture back to nature. I'd love to see this too but I think its expecting too much of human nature. its 2024 and we have problems with people capturing bears for their bile. a substance that can be trivially produced in a lab for pennies. People as a whole dont' care about nature unless they are educated about it. I mean, you'd be surprised how many people give me looks when I buy something and refuse the bag. "but its free."
reissbaker 3y ago
Energy usage is a self-imposed problem. We know how to generate massive amounts of electricity with zero emissions: nuclear energy. Insane self-described environmentalists successfully lobbied to make nuclear reactors nearly impossible to build in most Western countries, much to the delight of the coal industry. But laws can be changed, and if we're choosing between changing a law, and an environmental disaster, we should obviously change the law. I'm pro-lab-grown-meat though; if it's a tasty source of protein that reduces animal suffering and reduces the environmental impact of the meat industry, why not?
ByQuyzzy 3y ago
What's this "we" stuff, you speak like we already have one world government and as if I'm responsible for providing food for people all over the globe. The future is regionalization, not more globalization. War is already killing globalism and it will intensify soon.
- gr8_commission 3y ago
  Could you expand on this or provide some reading material regarding regionalization?

aussieguy1234 3y ago

I've heard from a bunch of different sources that most land humans use for farming is specifically for animal agriculture and that if everyone went vegetarian, something like 20% of the land would be required. I'm hoping that if lab grown meat takes off and becomes affordable for your average person, we might be able to give back some of the land that was de-forested for animal agriculture back to nature.

cultofmetatron 3y ago
> we might be able to give back some of the land that was de-forested for animal agriculture back to nature. I'd love to see this too but I think its expecting too much of human nature. its 2024 and we have problems with people capturing bears for their bile. a substance that can be trivially produced in a lab for pennies. People as a whole dont' care about nature unless they are educated about it. I mean, you'd be surprised how many people give me looks when I buy something and refuse the bag. "but its free."

reissbaker 3y ago

Energy usage is a self-imposed problem. We know how to generate massive amounts of electricity with zero emissions: nuclear energy. Insane self-described environmentalists successfully lobbied to make nuclear reactors nearly impossible to build in most Western countries, much to the delight of the coal industry. But laws can be changed, and if we're choosing between changing a law, and an environmental disaster, we should obviously change the law. I'm pro-lab-grown-meat though; if it's a tasty source of protein that reduces animal suffering and reduces the environmental impact of the meat industry, why not?

ByQuyzzy 3y ago

What's this "we" stuff, you speak like we already have one world government and as if I'm responsible for providing food for people all over the globe. The future is regionalization, not more globalization. War is already killing globalism and it will intensify soon.

gr8_commission 3y ago
Could you expand on this or provide some reading material regarding regionalization?