naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoItaly bans lab-grown meat in nod to farmerswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down18
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minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·10 months agoWhat an ass-backward decision.
minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoIt’s par for the course. Italy is very restrictive when it comes to food regulations. Some times too much.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·10 months agoYeah, lab-grown meat is a horrendous waste of resources but it shouldn’t be banned.
minus-squareNix@merv.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoin what ways is it a waste of resources?
minus-squarelovesickoyster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoBioreactors don’t scale at all. Lab grown meat (really, we should call it cell slurry, because that’s what it is) will be an expensive niche.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·10 months agoIn what way isn’t it? All the money spent on it could be spent on things people need.
What an ass-backward decision.
It’s par for the course. Italy is very restrictive when it comes to food regulations. Some times too much.
Yeah, lab-grown meat is a horrendous waste of resources but it shouldn’t be banned.
in what ways is it a waste of resources?
Bioreactors don’t scale at all. Lab grown meat (really, we should call it cell slurry, because that’s what it is) will be an expensive niche.
In what way isn’t it? All the money spent on it could be spent on things people need.
Like…food?