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minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·1 year agoWhat an ass-backward decision.
minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s par for the course. Italy is very restrictive when it comes to food regulations. Some times too much.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down13·1 year agoYeah, lab-grown meat is a horrendous waste of resources but it shouldn’t be banned.
minus-squareNix@merv.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoin what ways is it a waste of resources?
minus-squarelovesickoyster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoBioreactors don’t scale at all. Lab grown meat (really, we should call it cell slurry, because that’s what it is) will be an expensive niche.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down12·1 year agoIn what way isn’t it? All the money spent on it could be spent on things people need.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoOf course. If you’re trying to say they need fake meat though, then you’d be sorely mistaken.
minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe “non-fake” meat is extremely wasteful. Lab-grown meat still has many problems, but at least 99% of the calories are not spent on keeping a cow alive in cruel conditions.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoIf only there was an alternative to eating meat.
minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoA realistic one to apply to our societies? Yep, if only there was… Luckily, there are some promising middle steps.
What an ass-backward decision.
It’s par for the course. Italy is very restrictive when it comes to food regulations. Some times too much.
Yeah, lab-grown meat is a horrendous waste of resources but it shouldn’t be banned.
in what ways is it a waste of resources?
Bioreactors don’t scale at all. Lab grown meat (really, we should call it cell slurry, because that’s what it is) will be an expensive niche.
In what way isn’t it? All the money spent on it could be spent on things people need.
Like…food?
Of course.
If you’re trying to say they need fake meat though, then you’d be sorely mistaken.
The “non-fake” meat is extremely wasteful. Lab-grown meat still has many problems, but at least 99% of the calories are not spent on keeping a cow alive in cruel conditions.
If only there was an alternative to eating meat.
A realistic one to apply to our societies? Yep, if only there was…
Luckily, there are some promising middle steps.