Legislators there and in several other states want to restrict the manufacture or sale of meat made in a laboratory, even though it barely exists. The space industry disagrees.

Supporters include environmentalists who say it would reduce animal cruelty and potentially help slow climate change. Meat and dairy together account for about 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations.

  • capital@lemmy.world
    13·
    10 months ago

    I’m vegan for a few years now and will try this at my first opportunity.

    The general public doesn’t give a flying fuck about animal suffering but maybe the same product without the suffering would be good enough to cause a switch.

    Edit: Just wanted to add that I didn’t go vegan because I dislike the taste of meat. The possibility of continuing to eat meat without the associated suffering is highly attractive to me. Whether I want to eat this regularly will depend on more factors, though, namely, how its environmental impact compares to simply eating plants.

    • GONADS125@feddit.de
      5·
      10 months ago

      I was shamed by vegans a while back for advocating for lab-grown meat. I love the taste of meat, but I don’t like animal suffering. I can’t wait for this to be perfected.

      From lab to slab, baby!

      • capital@lemmy.world
        4·
        10 months ago

        There’s a subset of vegans (probably any group really) who has made it a part of their identity.

        This is ok to an extent but I think some of them have internalized “we don’t eat meat” while forgetting WHY they made that decision in the first place.

    • crashoverride@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      Especially if it makes it cheaper and taste the same and gets the same nutrients and shit. I’ll do it. But until then, I’m a meat eating, steak lover and that won’t change