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by smt88 1403 days ago
Who cares? You're a single person and no one is forcing you to eat bugs, fungi, or fake meat.

These products are for the many millions of people who prefer an inexpensive alternative to meat.

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Totally not true. They are going to drive up the cost of real meat and other livestock in the name of "climate change" and force regular people to opt for cheaper sources of food such as algae proteins, fake "meat", cricket flour, etc. Why do you think Bill Gates has invested heavily in this field? He is a monopolist first and technologist after.
> They are going to drive up the cost of real meat and other livestock

How will they do this, exactly?

Also, isn't the cost of real meat too low as it is? It hasn't priced in climate externalities that other people (including non-meat-eaters) have to pay for. Shouldn't meat include all of its costs, not just the ones paid by the farmers?

> How will they do this, exactly?

Easy. Heavily regulate the farmers with climate regulations including carbon taxes. Or pass emissions laws like they have in the Netherlands which would force ranchers to downsize their herds. This would drive up cost to produce and scarcity of the product.

As for the second part of your comment I truly am not sure what you're talking about? It seems like your sentiment confirms the first part of my answer.

> These products are for the many millions of people who prefer an inexpensive alternative to meat.

Millions? Beyond Meat is tanking right now.

Also, the substitutes are more expensive, not less, especially for products like pork.

Stock price is tanking, probably because they started a movement and now they have 100 competitors and own brand labels competing… there’s more choice than ever. “Price” is a premium because vegetarians will pay a premium for something by unique. Not because it costs more to make.
There are more than a billion vegetarians worldwide. There are many millions even in non-Hindu countries.
Oh, but they will. They've already started:

https://thecountersignal.com/uk-school-children-to-be-fed-bu...

This is pretty off-topic, but reading more about Christopher Bear and the research group, the children aren't forced to eat it.
They will find out the truth soon enough. I'm glad some on HN still have some sense.
For obvious reasons, I don’t think this is a reliable source for such a claim by any means.
It's not obvious. What do you mean?