Posted on 06/01/2023 6:08:22 PM PDT by Libloather
In spite of advances in making laboratory-cultured meat products taste like the real deal, we're yet to see a single factory pumping chicken nuggets out of a vat.
That might not be such a bad thing, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of California, Davis (UCD), and the University of California, Holtville.
They warn current production methods of lab-grown meat could end up being way worse for the environment than beef farming, despite being touted as a sustainable alternative.
Their life-cycle assessment of current meat-growing processes – which has yet to be peer-reviewed – found cultured meat production could emit between four to 25 times more carbon dioxide per kilogram than regular beef and all its hidden costs, depending on the techniques used.
"This is an important conclusion given that investment dollars have specifically been allocated to this sector with the thesis that this product will be more environmentally friendly than beef," UCD food scientist Derrick Risner and colleagues write in their paper.
"My concern would just be scaling this up too quickly and doing something harmful for the environment," Risner elaborates.
Cultured meat is grown from nonspecific animal cells coaxed into forming tissues we'd be happy to eat, such as fats, muscle, and connective tissues.
While cultured meat uses less land than herds of cattle or flocks of sheep, not to mention less water and antibiotics, environmental costs of the highly specific nutrients required to grow the product rapidly add up.
These include running laboratories to extract growth factors from animal serums, as well as growing crops for sugars and vitamins.
Then there's the energy required to purify all of these broth ingredients to a high standard before they can be fed to the growing meat lumps.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
Remember how bothered they were with pink slime?
Think what this stuff is.
Remember the hue and cry about “Frankenfoods”?
Soylent Green was more Earth friendly.
Give it a try. Let the market decide if it’s good or not.
Well, God’s creation triumphs mans cancerous vat meat cells. In so, so many ways.
The market says no thanks. Those that push this garbage aren’t in public service ads chowing down on frankenburgers. That tells you right there they have no intention to eat this crap, or bug burgers.
I will not eat green eggs & ham.
Don’t forget about man boobs
how would you like your tumor cooked?
“Lab-Grown Meat Has a Big Problem Very Few People Know About (only 25 TIMES more CO2 than cows)”
the other thing most folks don’t know is that “lab-grown” “meat” is grown from cancer cells, euphemistically called “immortal” cells ... basically, “lab-grown” “beef” is chunks of cow tumors ...
the exempt elite will still be chowing down on kobe beef and lobster
while the masses have to make do with frankenmeat and crickets
all in the name of the climate hoax
This stuff is comprised of everything the greenies hate, but ideology combined with ignorance and no desire to alleviate that ignorance means they will never get it. Lemmings.
They won’t eat GMO canned corn, but they will pay to eat plant based fake meat that reads like a chemical list on an MSDS sheet.
They can’t even get us to eat Lab Meat but they think we will eat bugs?
The “market” will never be told what is in the fake meat.
I dont eat processed food.
This stuff makes velveeta cheez look like health food.
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