I actually have been hoping for “lab grown” meat for many years, going back to my days in microbiology and cancer research.
I realized long ago that we may eventually replicate and grow the cells that make up lean beef at scale. My thoughts were about how it could actually make meat cheaper at some point, so that I could have more of it. I never looked at the promise of anything related to the environment. That’s just silly.
It is an interesting concept now that cuts I used to consider cheap are outrageously priced.
But as soon as it gets somewhat accepted the stuff will be used as an excuse to ban slaughtering animals for food.
That is the reason they are pushing it.