Sylvaritius t1_irw8w21 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 2:47 PM

Reply to comment by laggerzback in New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps to reduce emissions by TDYDave2

Yeah, i mean i dont think farming is the first place making cuts is relevant, its n incredibly important industry, and yeah absolutely, scalable lab meat is the future.

laggerzback t1_irwxiaq wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:30 PM

In a way? Yep. I think so. On one hand, i know it would be profitable for the meat industry in the long run. Means less livestock having to get killed and waste so much resources while at the same time it covers the ethics of cruel rearing that does happen in animal processing places.

On the other hand, you might have people who have an aversion to lab grown meat and they might give up meat altogether when they realize lab grown meat is everywhere....

Sylvaritius t1_irwxxcq wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Maybe yeah, i think there will still be a market for real meat no matter what, but if it can be significantly reduced in an economical way, then that could help free some land and help the enviroment.

laggerzback t1_irx0rba wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:51 PM

I’m sure there will be, but it’ll likely be local butcheries and Farmers’ Markets that sell them.

I know speaking in the US since I live here, Livestock farming takes a small percentage of land here. Most of our farms deal with commercial agriculture, like the farming of corn and soy. Given a lot of our processed foods contain them both or some byproduct, that meets demand of food here.