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Submitted by CIAGuy on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 4:58pm.
I got to this from one of my fave blogs, Bitten, where they passed me along to Dot Earth where they ask the question, Can People Have Meat and a Planet too? The gist of the matter is there's a group out there, New Harvest, working on in vitro meat. From their site: "New Harvest is a nonprofit research organization working to develop new meat substitutes, including cultured meat — meat produced in vitro, in a cell culture, rather than from an animal. Because meat substitutes are produced under controlled conditions impossible to maintain in traditional animal farms, they can be safer, more nutritious, less polluting, and more humane than conventional meat." I know there are those on Olyblog who eschew the chewing of flesh for ethical reasons. I wonder if a product like this were readily available would they object to it? Personally as a hard-core omnivore, this creeps me out. Why? It makes me think of Michael Pollan's edicts, "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." This stuff to me, ain't food, it's a food-like substance.
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Creepy
Submitted by security_six on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 5:02pm.Reminds me of "meat tanks" from some sci fi book. Meat on the spacecrafts and later colony worlds was made by cloning muscle tissue inside of a tank. Had to do with the ethics of slaughering animals as well as the complexeties of space travel. Creepy.
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Eeeeew...
Submitted by The Original Yoda on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:11am.Yikes
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 6:48am.I heard a report on NPR about this awhile back, apparently a problem is that the meat produced is tough. It isn't exercised naturally so they are coming up with ways to artificially do that.
Yuck. Gives me the shudders too.
Eeeew! Man that's sick!
Submitted by Laurian on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:11pm.Nasty! Sounds like something out of the movie Brazil. Solient Green is cultured meat sheets frrom a laboratory. This is even worse than taking the life a of a sentient creature for one's own nutrition and pleasure. And I'm sure TechnoMeat will be so good for you. (Once the bugs are worked out.) To quote the lyrics of Jello Biarfa:
One things fixed , another falls apart.
And the Rich eat you!
Although I am an omnivore I respect those who choose a non-meat, non-animal exploitive diet whether for health or ideological reasons. A human can get all the nutrients necessary for a healthy, vital life without eating meat. I can't see how technoMeat can satisfy either motive for a meatless diet.
Like I said: Eeeeeew!
It's kind of like using meat
Submitted by Guglielmo on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:32pm.Hmmm....
Submitted by security_six on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:33pm.Veggie free veggie burgers? :-)
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Now That's Funny!
Submitted by Laurian on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 6:07pm.