The hypothetical meat labs won’t be carbon-neutral, but they’ll still be far greener than our current system for producing burgers and chops. Raising and slaughtering livestock on a large scale doesn’t just result in massive methane emissions due to bovine flatulence; it also creates waste-disposal nightmares, squanders valuable land, and guzzles an alarming amount of fossil fuel. So, yes, the environmentally conscious should keep their fingers crossed that lab-grown meat becomes a reality sooner rather than later. But given the numerous scientific challenges that remain, they shouldn’t get their hopes up.
Thought for the Day
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