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[–] that_one_guy 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I'm sure that it will initially cost a premium, before coming down in price as the technology matures. I'm also curious about the relative environmental impact that cultivated meat has versus raising livestock.

ETA: I found a study regarding cultured meat's environmental impact: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es200130u

According to this study, cultured meat is 7-45% more energy efficient, emits 78-96% less CO2, requires 82-96% less water, and occupies 99% less land than raising livestock.

[–] TheSkoomaCat 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dang, I figured CO2 emissions would be much better than traditional livestock but I wouldn't have guessed that much better.

[–] LobsterDog@frig.social 3 points 2 years ago

Livestock is a huge CO2 contributor, coupled with the fact that you have to cut down trees to make room for them, it's a huge problem.

[–] Bowen 1 points 2 years ago

Right? The water and ghg emission is nearly at the same level as fruits and veggies from what I can tell. That's intense. Energy use is still pretty high but I imagine that'll get optimized over time. Low key excited to try it too, I wasn't too sold on the meat alternatives from beyondmeat, but this looks very interesting.

[–] Yunlee 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for this great info

[–] lyam23 1 points 2 years ago

Are these estimates at scale?

[–] LatinVelvet 1 points 2 years ago

I was wondering that too. It sounds like a promising technology.

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