Lab-grown burger
Yesterday I saw the news about the lab-grown burger. It immediately created a mix of feelings. It's definitely an important mark for science but it doesn't seem to be the solution for the increasingly consumption of meat. Having that said, today's post is going to be a little different than usual.
World's population is rising significantly, and it's expected to be around 9 billion by 2050. It not only brings problems like space but also food shortage onward with scarcity of natural resources and energy for people and farms. More people automatically means the need for more food and meat is being seen as a problem since it's currently almost at it's maximum production. However this numbers could be much lower. Meat consumption is way higher than what it should be, ethical terms apart, it's all about a global health problem. Excess meat contributes for various cardio-vascular diseases as well as different kinds of cancer.
Besides health concerns I believe it's going to have an heavy impact in economics once "real meat" will most likely become an exclusive product.
In this case the first world problem are people's diets, so it would be far more productive to teach people how to be healthy and how to live longer (...)
I love science and everything innovation related, and Lab-grown human tissues can be an amazing process when it comes to saving lifes. Lab human organs are not a reality at the moment but it's closer than ever to become a real thing. Although when science is used to encourage wrong habits saying it's the solution for a (supposed) first world problem, it just doesn't fit me. In this case the first world problem are people's diets, so it would be far more productive to teach people how to be healthy and how to live longer instead of saying "Keep eating meat like crazy, it's great and super healthy, because we can produce endless amounts". What's even better is that they're trying to pursue us that the problem with meat is
World's population is rising significantly, and it's expected to be around 9 billion by 2050. It not only brings problems like space but also food shortage onward with scarcity of natural resources and energy for people and farms. More people automatically means the need for more food and meat is being seen as a problem since it's currently almost at it's maximum production. However this numbers could be much lower. Meat consumption is way higher than what it should be, ethical terms apart, it's all about a global health problem. Excess meat contributes for various cardio-vascular diseases as well as different kinds of cancer.
Besides health concerns I believe it's going to have an heavy impact in economics once "real meat" will most likely become an exclusive product.
In this case the first world problem are people's diets, so it would be far more productive to teach people how to be healthy and how to live longer (...)
I love science and everything innovation related, and Lab-grown human tissues can be an amazing process when it comes to saving lifes. Lab human organs are not a reality at the moment but it's closer than ever to become a real thing. Although when science is used to encourage wrong habits saying it's the solution for a (supposed) first world problem, it just doesn't fit me. In this case the first world problem are people's diets, so it would be far more productive to teach people how to be healthy and how to live longer instead of saying "Keep eating meat like crazy, it's great and super healthy, because we can produce endless amounts". What's even better is that they're trying to pursue us that the problem with meat is