[pp.int.general] Artificial meat

[Marko Mitrovic]

Yeah, I read that about insects. Makes perfect sense. I'd be open
minded to trying what they're like, but good luck with majority of
population :)

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Pirat at LennStar.de <pirat at lennstar.de> wrote:
> First: That is really an old story ;) I have seen it on TV three years ago.
> It is as far as I know not genetically changed. It is like bacteria
> growing - you just grow other types of cells.
>
> Second: An even more interesting project is the use of insects. In
> several regions of the world, these top-protein, top-effective creatures
> are seen as "fancy food".
> A cow needs about 9 times the amount of food as is resulted in kg. The
> best insects have a ratio of 9/10 - and you can use other things than
> power food. And you can grow them in standard plastic boxes every baker
> or food seller uses in a room stacked full of them.
> You propably can make 100 times more insects on the same space then cows.
>
> LennStar
>
>
> Am 23.02.2012 17:26, schrieb Pat Maechler aka Valio:
>> This could be a real breakthrough technology!
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JryIpyi-54E
>> They intend to present the first experiment by this autumn
>>
>> Keep in mind that
>> a) a vast amount of resources for agriculture are allocated to meat production
>> b) commercialized meat production becomes more and more ethically
>> questionable; while some have ethical reservations over stem-cell
>> research, I doubt that they are to be weighted higher in general when
>> they come into comparison with the reduction of suffering for animals
>>
>> -pat
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