tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10369407.post114364269694352961..comments2023-09-07T06:50:57.610-04:00Comments on You know, stuff: Would you eat tissue cultured "meat"?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11384042003998864844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10369407.post-32523419372783151512009-03-16T17:10:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:10:00.000-04:00That's a good point, spending energy to 'research'...That's a good point, spending energy to 'research' more efficient modes of production. <BR/><BR/>I totally agree with you on that point, though I think my point was that sometimes we humans tend to think we have to reinvent the wheel when really what we need to do is look around at the things that already work. In this case, I'd suggest that 1) not eating meat, or 2) raising meat on the land on small, local, organic self-contained farms is actually very efficient. Not as shiny and tech-y as lab-grown meat, but probably more efficient in the long and short run.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11384042003998864844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10369407.post-28363294353062086132009-03-16T15:39:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:39:00.000-04:00Yes to the point that the creation of a new indust...Yes to the point that the creation of a new industry would lead to more energy consumption, but theoretically, these systems for producing meat are 1) more efficient than our current systems for "producing" meat [aka factory farming], and 2) would ideally replace the more inefficient (and cruel) systems, thus contributing an overall *gain* in the energy use involved in the meat-making industry.<BR/><BR/>Once when I was interviewing the director of a sustainability center at a university, I challenged him that it takes a high amount of energy to produce solar panels. His retort: "Yeah it does, but I'd rather see that significant energy go towards producing a new system that can be renewable, than go into running a single lightbulb for a week." <BR/><BR/>Energy will be used regardless, and it's my opinion that we need to work as fast as possible (with global warming and other threats encroaching) to use our currently poorly designed systems to invent and assemble better systems--obviously, as economically as possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com