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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!
That probably means that lab grown meat is a good thing with real commercial prospects then.
i would try it XD
I'm so sick of our intensified farmers constantly needing bail outs, it'd be my new main just for political reasons
But they only need bail outs during bad times. When it's a good season they get to keep all their profits!
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).
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?
if ppl really dont wanna eat meat: eat vegetables and the like. dont try to create fake meat
Apart from the meat slurry barf factor 🤮 its incredibly environmentally unfriendly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0zCf4Yup34