Current Events > wouldn't lab grown meat will just kill the livestocks?

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Like we have no need for them if we go by even 30% lab grown.

Most lifestocks will be slaughtered and prime livestock DNA samples will be preserved, but majority of them will be destroyed to make space for literal meat farming, and lets be honest, centuries being bred and selected by humans made them docile and unabke to survive in the wild or cause imbalance in ecosystem in ways we could not predict.

The stocks that are kept are just those who can produce stuff that isnt able to be made in labs like milk or eggs, but majority of the male livestocks will be killed after they select the prime sperm materials for the next generation of produce makers
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I am not saying i am against it or anything, but the transition need to be well planned and thought using alot of sciences and moral compass.

The unintended consequences feels like it is gonna be many
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What about it morally are you against?
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The amount of livestock we have is a result of us breeding them for food. If we stop eating them, maybe they can go back to normal breeding cycles and return to a more reasonable number.
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eston posted...

The amount of livestock we have is a result of us breeding them for food. If we stop eating them, maybe they can go back to normal breeding cycles and return to a more reasonable number.

What happens to the suddenly-surplus livestock, though?
Why would anyone keep any livestock around if they're not eaten? Chicken could maybe be "pets", but a thousand-pound pig is not very likely to be one.

Maybe if someone figures out how to get a pig to take a saddle...

emblem boy posted...

What about it morally are you against?

First of pretty much animal mass murder that doesnt get used.

Second, it has been proven by history even if we release them to the wild, it will cause some environmental disaster.

Imagine setting free 1000 cows to an already rare pasture, it will compete against the original species living there for food, etc
Again i am not against lab grown meat, it is just i hope people think and plan on how to transition between tje 2 methods of gaining meat that it doesnt violate basic human decency or cause damage in nature
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apolloooo posted...

Imagine setting free 1000 cows to an already rare pasture

Cows would still be useful for dairy products, for a little while anyway.

Questionmarktarius posted...

eston posted...

The amount of livestock we have is a result of us breeding them for food. If we stop eating them, maybe they can go back to normal breeding cycles and return to a more reasonable number.

What happens to the suddenly-surplus livestock, though?
Why would anyone keep any livestock around if they're not eaten? Chicken could maybe be "pets", but a thousand-pound pig is not very likely to be one.

Maybe if someone figures out how to get a pig to take a saddle...

It's not like we're just going to wake up one morning and lab grown meat is flooding the market. It will be a gradual shift, as in years or decades, and the market for meat will adjust accordingly.
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apolloooo posted...

emblem boy posted...

What about it morally are you against?

First of pretty much animal mass murder that doesnt get used.

Second, it has been proven by history even if we release them to the wild, it will cause some environmental disaster.

Imagine setting free 1000 cows to an already rare pasture, it will compete against the original species living there for food, etc
Again i am not against lab grown meat, it is just i hope people think and plan on how to transition between tje 2 methods of gaining meat that it doesnt violate basic human decency or cause damage in nature

They would be phased out in whatever method we choose. I'm sure there'd be some who refuse lab grown meat, so the population will be reduced to meet those demands until they're no more needed. Like others said, this wouldn't be something that happened in a day. The industry and overall business will change as needed.
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Wtf is this logic lol, people that run a business on breeding animals for meat would have no need to free then into the wild. They will continue to slaughter them for meat, and if a lot of the meat goes unsold they'll just breed less livestock next time.

eston posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

eston posted...

The amount of livestock we have is a result of us breeding them for food. If we stop eating them, maybe they can go back to normal breeding cycles and return to a more reasonable number.

What happens to the suddenly-surplus livestock, though?
Why would anyone keep any livestock around if they're not eaten? Chicken could maybe be "pets", but a thousand-pound pig is not very likely to be one.

Maybe if someone figures out how to get a pig to take a saddle...

It's not like we're just going to wake up one morning and lab grown meat is flooding the market. It will be a gradual shift, as in years or decades, and the market for meat will adjust accordingly.

Would eatin' pigs even exist afterwords? At all?
They provide no other useful purpose but ham and bacon.

Questionmarktarius posted...

What happens to the suddenly-surplus livestock, though?

It wouldn't be a surplus. It's not like lab meat grows overnight. There would simply be less pigs/cows/etc bred because no one likes throwing feed/time into an animal and not getting profit out of it. It'd be a phase out/general reduction.

Otherwise it'd be a slaughter and lower meat prices for a spell.
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