Would you eat lab grown meat?

It's probably not the best assumption to make, just because someone doesn't share a view or disagrees etc.. it is an issue with Internet forums though, you don't really get the same context as face to face communication :)
 
Are you interested in discussion/clarifying your views then? Because this has got a bit meta now and I'd rather not further clog up the thread with talk of what milk you personally drink and/or whether the tone of posts is tetchy etc..
 
I’d never say never but the thought of growing meat in a lab does put me off a bit

Saying that, I do eat donner wraps from the local takeaways which is probably worse heh
 
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StriderX said:
As soon as this becomes a thing actual meat will shoot well into the stratosphere in terms of price as it becomes fundamentally impossible to sell by volume.

So MEGALOLS to all those "true" meat eaters, you'll be paying through the teeth.
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Why would it be any more expensive than meat is from my local farm shop?
 
I'd prefer it, only eat meat a couple of times a week, but if lab grown stuff was a viable option then I'd happily eat it every day.
 
FishFluff said:
Why would it be any more expensive than meat is from my local farm shop?
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Demand falling, either they go out of business or raise prices as unless they're some weird local only business they have to sell to someone (Supermarkets) who only care about volume. The near infinite scalability of lab grown meat is by definition a volume product, once all the issues are resolved.

There will still be a market until such a time, but it'll domino out all the small players well before parity, regardless.

/muh opinion.
 
i'd imagine it will be safer better for the environment, and cruelty free. love the idea and cant wait
 
sigma said:
Rather than being processed I guess people would be concerned about it being synthetic/man-made and not 'natural'.
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Because having someone else rear and kill your meat for you is natural? And i lol at the person who said they only like "natural" milk, it's literally from a cow...
 
StriderX said:
Because having someone else rear and kill your meat for you is natural? And i lol at the person who said they only like "natural" milk, it's literally from a cow...
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Well it can be seen as more natural than being grown in a lab. I see your point though.
 
Absolutely, assuming we get to a point where scale of production/demand makes it cheaper than eating an actual animal, and manufacturing it requires less total resources. I currently put some thought into where I buy my animal products from, because I do care about their treatment even if I recognise the element of hypocrisy (but everyone is a hypocrite, even vegans who have just put their line in the sand further down the beach, but are still burying their head) so I'm all for technology removing the step of having to rear the animal in the first place.

Even we all ate lab-grown proteins, it wouldn't change the fact immense amounts of wildlife would be still be displaced/killed to grow/harvest plant products for our consumption; death is an inescapable part of life - everything exists at something else benefit to some degree or another - and even our own contribution to animal suffering is dwarfed by what goes on in the natural world:

“The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored.
- Richard Dawkins, A River Out Of Eden
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The naturalist fallacy of life as a wild animal being this idyllic thing... (And yes, there are are vegans that recognise the reality of the natural world and advocate for some global bio-engineering project where all eco-systems can operate suffering-free).
 
I assume that there will be a point where lab meat economics is more practical than real meat.

I guess real meat will then become 'rare' with a premium attached to it, that organic, humanly farmed will be the draw.

The moral compass was lost on the farming industry decades ago,so it will be nice to see it tank in favour of simply better options and the great thing is were be seeing this in 10 odd years not 100.
 
doesn't sound too appealing....
then again I bought some hotdogs last week, started reading the ingredients/made from bit on the label when looking for the heating instructions but quickly stopped so I wouldn't be put off and could enjoy them!

so, if it tastes good would be the main thing...I could get over it being made in a lab
 
I tried going Vegetarian. Lasted about a year, went pale, lost hair and dropped 4 stone.

The biggest issue is that I don't like vegetables much. Spag sauce, pasta and cheese only gets you so far.

Lab meat could be a healthy alternative. That or it will be hella carcinogenic.
 
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