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EU/US: ‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Unsurprising! So I guess meat and dairy products are going to become astronomically expensive?

The one thing that I can't find is a palatable alternative to cheese. Are there any yet?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that why synthetic meat still isn't a thing? That figures.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Synethetic?

As in lab grown?

That still requires cells from animals

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only once, to get a cell line, which you can then use indefinitely. That's the neat thing about stem cells: they make more of themselves, over and over, endlessly. You also don't have to kill the animal to get some cells out of it.