[throwaway20234]

You get slammed for people not liking your response, but yet your point is spot on. The number of vegetarians has been pretty steady over the last decades in the US. Hoping people become all vegetarien isn't practical. If I was a dictator I'd ban meat eating, but I am not and that's good.

As always: it's not allowed to ask for better people! We need to create a system that makes the wrong people do the right thing.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

People aren't liking the response because it seems like it is saying "it isn't practical for me to take on this tiny inconvenience for the betterment of the world".

[nitrogen]

We need to create a system that makes the wrong people do the right thing.

Or even better, a system that makes the "wrong" thing right (e.g. lab-grown meat).

[sokoloff]

I have to admit as a meat eater that Impossible ground beef substitute is “there” on a taste basis now.

If they can get it to 25% of its current cost, I could see it become viable to replace many uses of ground beef now. If they get it to 12-15% of its current cost, I think it would displace a massive percentage of purchases of meat protein. It really is good, not just “edible” and I can imagine they’re nowhere near the economic minimum cost to produce.