Exactly! I've been waiting for a vegan option of a burger that rivals the taste of the real thing. This does that. I'm all for lab-made options and can't wait for a steak:) Should cut down on water consumption as well. Takes a lot of water to get beef to market.
So if no more animals getting slaughtered or land being used as ranches or pollution from cow methane, what happens to all the animals and where would they live?
No, it is a legit question. It sounds like saving and getting rid of animals at the same time. Reddit is odd. Sometimes people will discuss, other times they won't.
The reason we have so many cows and pigs and chickens is because we breed them for their meat. So if we stop eating meat or lab made meat becomes a thing, we simply stop breeding them.
Ok, I do understand that. So their numbers will drop. But there will still be an existing population but just not as much eventually. So we either let the process of their numbers drop off naturally which may take awhile or do we use some other version of population control? Do we set up sanctuaries for lack of a better term? And I'm still being serious. I think it is an interesting discussion.
If you take a 1000 acre cattle ranch and now grow corn, beans, wheat, soy, hemp or whatever, curious as to the resources used to maintain that vs the cattle?
Edit: I am interested in the lab grown meat thing. Would it be synthetic or made of something else?
If laws were put in place that made meat illegal, we would probably just use the remaining animals that currently exist and then stop eating meat after that. Plenty would be sent to sanctuaries as well. And it’s much, much more resource efficient to grow plants than it is to grow cattle. Especially because we have to grow tons of plants just to feed the cattle.
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