Here is another way of looking at this. The cost of any product or service is a reflection of the cost of the energy that went into creating that product or service. Every step of the way, from the direct energy or fuel for mining, growing, processing and transporting to the indirect, the employees, engineers, accountants, lawyers, advertisers etc. wages all of which goes to buy energy or products made with or from energy etc. At the root of the economy, we don't pay the earth to yield its bounty, we extract energy from it, and convert it into work and use that to make useful products. Even the cost of that energy is a reflection of the amount of energy it takes to get it into a useful format.
If you accept that, then the fact that fake meat costs multiple times more per kg, indicates that there is much more energy (directly or indirectly) that went into producing it than actual meat. Yet it is being marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative. For those who still "believe" that CO2 is bad, what are the full cycle CO2 emissions of fake meat? Total water use? How much more finite fossil fuels are being consumed to create a product to make it cost that much more? Beef can be( key word being can) produced using virtually no fossil fuels, can the same be said about fake meat?
Considering the demographic this is being marketed to, both consumer and producer look a lot like hypocrits.
If you accept that, then the fact that fake meat costs multiple times more per kg, indicates that there is much more energy (directly or indirectly) that went into producing it than actual meat. Yet it is being marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative. For those who still "believe" that CO2 is bad, what are the full cycle CO2 emissions of fake meat? Total water use? How much more finite fossil fuels are being consumed to create a product to make it cost that much more? Beef can be( key word being can) produced using virtually no fossil fuels, can the same be said about fake meat?
Considering the demographic this is being marketed to, both consumer and producer look a lot like hypocrits.
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