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Lab grown protein: if created, would you move to it? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As a thinking experiment, let us consider that on the 1st of January of 2025 it is announced that an advance making possible growing any kind of animal tissue in laboratory conditions as been achieved and that it is possible to scale it in order to achieve industrial grade production level.

There is no limit on which animal tissues can be grown, so, any species is achieveable, only being needed a small cell sample from an animal to start production, and the cultivated tissues are safe for consumption.

There won't be any perceiveable price change to the end consummer, as the growing is a complex and labour intensive process, requiring specialized equipments and personnel.

Would you change to this new diet option?

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[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You know the difference between a white vegan/vegetarian vs a non white, they don't try to find something that tastes exactly like a meat. There are a lots and lots of dishes that are 100% vegan/vegetarian and taste much much better and don't pretend to be meat of any sort.

If you are so tempted by the taste of the meat then just eat it.Environment isn't going to get any better just because you stopped eating meat, the animal cruelty isn't going to stop because of you.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

White/non-white vegan? That is uncharted territory for me. Can you expand a little more on that?

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh you know I'm vegan but I just love bacon, and eggs. OK sometimes I like to have a little bit of lobster

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm a fence sitter on the eggs front, not going to lie.

I had a few chickens for some time, always made sure they were well fed, sheltered and protected from potential predators and at some point they just started laying eggs around. There was no rooster to fertilize the eggs, so... it was just spoiling around.