Vat meat is likely the long term future. IE lab grown but more efficient.
Vegonism will become more common. But is not going to be 100% or even close in time to have an effect. Or likely ever as that effect is its biggest sell atm.
But lab grown meat can manage and use CO2 where as its hard to do so with live animals.
But arible farming is still a huge user of CO2 and really not being pushed to cha ge rapidly. Cost is still seen as more important then green energy use.
I’m actually really looking forward to lab grown meat becoming an established industry. Not just for the benefits to the environment and animal welfare but because you could feasibly grow the finest lobster meat, fois gras, wagyu steaks etc etc on industrial scales which would lead to much lower prices.
You could even get in to really exotic meats like mammoth, platypus and giraffe or whatever else.
I take your point. But you could make the same argument for many things that are already very affordable.
Personally, I’m against nanny taxes, they only work against people who are financially struggling, yet ironically it’s generally the poorest people that have the worst health, especially when it comes to obesity.
I think there is work to be done on improving the health of the population, but I’d like to drive that from a perspective of education or a carrot rather than a stick method.
Vat meat is likely the long term future. IE lab grown but more efficient.
Vegonism will become more common. But is not going to be 100% or even close in time to have an effect. Or likely ever as that effect is its biggest sell atm.
But lab grown meat can manage and use CO2 where as its hard to do so with live animals.
But arible farming is still a huge user of CO2 and really not being pushed to cha ge rapidly. Cost is still seen as more important then green energy use.
VAT on meat you say…
I’m actually really looking forward to lab grown meat becoming an established industry. Not just for the benefits to the environment and animal welfare but because you could feasibly grow the finest lobster meat, fois gras, wagyu steaks etc etc on industrial scales which would lead to much lower prices.
You could even get in to really exotic meats like mammoth, platypus and giraffe or whatever else.
We’ll bankrupt the NHS if we’re all living on fois gras and wagyu, my arteries are bound to be struggling as it is.
I take your point. But you could make the same argument for many things that are already very affordable.
Personally, I’m against nanny taxes, they only work against people who are financially struggling, yet ironically it’s generally the poorest people that have the worst health, especially when it comes to obesity.
I think there is work to be done on improving the health of the population, but I’d like to drive that from a perspective of education or a carrot rather than a stick method.