Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Healthier And Better For The Planet, Report Finds
Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Healthier And Better For The Planet, Report Finds
A new report from The Food Foundation has found that plant-based meat alternatives are better for the planet and tend to be healthier
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Water - wet.
That's what my thoughts were with this. The sheer amount of water alone to produce meat1 makes the bar very low for plant-based alternatives
1 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/water-footprint-food-sustainability/
wait till your hear how much water is needed for those vats for lab meat...
Do you have a source? I'd be interested in seeing how the numbers look at present. I otherwise looked into this briefly myself, and this article from ScienceFocus mentions a 2019 study by Oxford University that found more greenhouse gases are released growing lab meat than regular meat, although ScienceFocus argued that if mass produced on a similar scale to regular meat and if renewable energy was used instead, the emissions could be better than regular meat.
Another website indicates in future tense that lab-grown meat "could cut down on water usage by 90%"
I only have common sense. of course the whole thing is less water intensive then having to nurture an animal for 2 years and then kill it. but you can't compare industrial waste water and water usage on a farm.
well, renewable energy... you could say the same for a farm. just put solar on the roof, like they do anyway. yes, you need less diesel for a factory product. but you still need an agricultural product, you don't grow the stuff out of thin air. so diesel will be the same.
then you will need lots more of energy. you need technology. you need chemicals. and so on. you need specialist, chemists, industrial mechanics. all that costs a whole lot of ressources, and ratches up co2 footprint as well.
its like the idea of insect protein.
i dont think this will realize into reality at all, in a meaningfull scale, i mean. the whole thing is just a technical nightmare.
its like urban farms with indoor lights and hydroponics. its just not efficient.