Comment by TomJansen
14 hours ago
>substantially cheaper price
why substantially cheaper? Break-even would be fine too, no? And as a plus, lab-grown meat is much more ethical.
I also think that replacing 'cheap' meat like ground beef would already be sufficient and would make a huge impact, there is really no need make it difficult for ourselves and try to replace rib-eye.
For me, it would have to be mass produced and about an order of magnitude cheaper.
I'd rather not be testing/tasting experimental lab stuff. And mass production bringing down the price with economies of scale is the real proof that the technology is ready.
there's nothing holy about eating real animals (unless you're religious)
i'm no vegan, but if identical lab-grown alternatives are available at near same cost without the hormones, antibiotics, emissions, I'll take it
Identical is the point here.
The test of 'identical' to me is going to be mass production with economies of scale. I surely don't have the equipment to test whether it's identical, nor would I trust the marketing.
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Expect the meat industry to lobby against being allowed to call it meat, if it didn't involve real living animals.
In Europe they managed to get words like burger, nugget and sausage to only be legally applicable to meat. They'll definitely do the same for words for actual meat.
Which is ok and entirely valid regulation. It is ok to not want the industries to rewrite meanings of words.
Maybe there's something about lives being taken to provide the food that appeals to certain people.
Because if it costs the same, people will just keep buying the "real" thing.
I don't think most people are going to grab lab grown out of the grocer fridge if normal beef is available for the same price. I know I would not. But if its 25% cheaper I'm happy to try it
I would for the same price as it doesn’t involve killing a cow. That’s a plus for me!