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We have a lot of entrepreneurs here. Why don't we start with an easier lab-grown animal product than something we ingest? How about lab-grown fur coats (EDIT from evilduck's comment: or lab-grown leather for clothing, furniture, shoes, etc)? Who wouldn't want to wear a "mink" coat created with no animal pain? Develop the technology on something we don't have to eat, along with the associated health risks and sensitiv…
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Why are you assuming that meat consumption is necessary?
I keep a high level of protein my diet. I've tried veggie burgers and other substitutes and enjoyed them a lot, but I can't replace all my meals with them because they're just so damn high in sodium. Any suggestions?
I get most of my protein from tofu, honestly. It isn't as protein-dense as beef, though.
Best quote from Sergey: "If what you're doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it's probably not transformative enough"
Perhaps ironically, by this criteria the iPad was transformative, since it appeared in Star Trek. :)
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Because it doesn't scale to feeding 7 billion people for one. Because most people in industrialized countries don't want to be farm labor for two.
Why should anything scale to feeding 7 billion? You realize we are at 7 billion now because of previous scientific food efforts, like hybridizing wheat / GMO / toxic insecticides? All science is doing is making the problem bigger and bigger. Stop subsidizing population growth.
Why can't these billionaires ever use some right brain thinking? Stop _fucking_ with our food. The more 'efficient' you have to be, the more vulnerable the entire system is to shocks.
You want to end animal cruelty, stop having more than two kids. Period.
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Bull. Shit. My wife is a vegetarian. I've tried probably 8-10 different brands of vegie burgers and chicken nuggets. They don't taste even remotely like meat. Some do taste alright, I admit. Another problem is price. You would think soy products would be cheaper than meat. Nope. So freaking expensive.
My parents are vegetarian, and I've had a similar experience, except for one product: Beyond Meat. Their chicken is unbelievably realistic; I could tell it apart in a direct taste test, but in the context of something like a burrito, I don't think I could.
Chicken meat simply doesn't have the ability to be enjoyed on it's own like beef. Eggs on the other hand...
> "Cows are very inefficient, they require 100g of vegetable protein to produce only 15g of edible animal protein," Dr Post told the Guardian before the event. "So we need to feed the cows a lot so that we can feed ourselves. We lose a lot of food that way. Yes, if most of what you feed the cows are human-edible.
Even if its not, you can still use the resources used to produce that feed to produce human food instead. And feeding cows waste has its own environmental problems, as it tends to play hob with their digestive systems and make them release considerably more greenhouse gasses.
If the resources required to produce (or harvest) the cow-food is more than producing synthetic meat: sure.
> And feeding cows waste has its own environmental problems, as it tends to play hob with their digestive systems and make them release considerably more greenhouse gasses.
Waste? How about plain grass? Or growing crops that are not human edible, since the conditions of the farm or land does not allow you to produce human edible crops? Of course those crops would still have to be easily digestible for the cows.
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Perhaps ironically, by this criteria the iPad was transformative, since it appeared in Star Trek. :)
A => B doesn't mean B => A. "If it's considered sci-fi, it's probably transformative enough" does not follow from his words.
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Can you link to a study or two that at-least suggest that infants can be raised vegan?
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/2009_ADA_position_paper.pdf "It is the position of the American Di- etetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian di- ets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the lif…
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Why are you assuming that meat consumption is necessary?
I keep a high level of protein my diet. I've tried veggie burgers and other substitutes and enjoyed them a lot, but I can't replace all my meals with them because they're just so damn high in sodium. Any suggestions?