• GroteStreet 🦘@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Interestingly, the US conservatives have been attacking lab-grown meat lately. So expect similar attacks to start showing up here soon.

    Personally I would love to have more alternatives. I enjoy trying out alternative protein sources, not for ideological reasons. I just enjoy flavours and textures. And if they happen to be better for the environment, well bonus!

    • nick@forum.fail
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      1 year ago

      That probably means that lab grown meat is a good thing with real commercial prospects then.

      • ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        But they only need bail outs during bad times. When it’s a good season they get to keep all their profits!

  • Lenguador@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Looks like the same guys were doing publicity around 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-07-30/australia-joins-lab-grown-meat-industry/11360506
    At the time, they claimed the cost to make a single hamburger was $30-$40, and now 4 years later, they claim to have gotten it down to $5-$6 per patty.
    The article claims the first demonstration of a lab-grown hamburger was in 2013.

    So 6 years from proof of concept to (probably) first capital raise, then 4 years to start regulatory approval, 1 year for approval to take place (target is March next year).

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      1 year ago

      That’s pretty impressive. Would mean that claim for the $1 pricing to be quite realistic.

      Would be very interested to see how their lab grown steak goes. Do their meats include fat?

  • darcy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    if ppl really dont wanna eat meat: eat vegetables and the like. dont try to create fake meat