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Vegans of Lemmy, would you eat lab-grown meat? (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The main reasons I've seen from vegans for not eating meat seem to be all about the morality of eating a sentient animal, the practices of the modern meat industry, and the environmental impact of it. And don't have anything to do with the taste of meat.

Since lab-grown meat doesn't cause animal suffering, and assuming mass production is environmentally friendly, would you consider going back to eating meat if it were the lab-grown kind?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's certainly the hope, but I don't think that's the way it's going so far. The little I've read about it suggests it's going to use a considerable amount of energy, there's probably going to be a lot of research on the environmental impact. Other considerations include water usage, raw materials and waste, and at this stage it's too early to say what those are going to be like.

I'm honestly not keen on just hoping it'll work out, especially when capitalism is involved. It'll be great if it does and I'm legitimately hoping for that, but there isn't a great track record with this kind of stuff. Especially with the meat industry basically funding laws to stop it from being available in the first place.

I guess I'm worried about it being another failed magic bullet, and I'm just sitting here completely fine without it.