29 Dec 06
Originally posted by jammerIt seems the best case scenario is that the average cut of meat out there could get better, but at the same time also more expensive, which from the producers point of view would be a good thing as it would introduce a more profitable industry. The most immediate downside seems to be that large scale cloning would also increase the dependence on factory style meat farming. Veal anyone?
Latest thing in the USA .. what do you think?
When I first read this I thought it was about the hydroponic idea of growing meat as tissue cultures in a nutrient bath, which would be the most ultimate form of sci fi meat production. Forget penned up animals and the whole life/death/slaughtering/harvesting cycle. Just grow your steak in a dish and serve when ready.
30 Dec 06
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Originally posted by mancityboyI think they can still sue for sarcasm.
Whoops! Just realised what I've done. Sorry Mcdonalds - please don't sue me. What I meant to type was "Mcdonalds have been cloning great tasting, highly nutricious, wonderful value burgers for years"
Edit: Or for the very least, taking the piss.
31 Dec 06
Originally posted by kmax87as there's no brain attached, you could clone people cells and sell peopleburgers.
It seems the best case scenario is that the average cut of meat out there could get better, but at the same time also more expensive, which from the producers point of view would be a good thing as it would introduce a more profitable industry. The most immediate downside seems to be that large scale cloning would also increase the dependence on factory style ...[text shortened]... e life/death/slaughtering/harvesting cycle. Just grow your steak in a dish and serve when ready.
tastes like pork, they say.
04 Jan 07
Originally posted by kmax87About 20 years ago I read a 2000AD comic that dealt with this issue in graphic detail: animals in tanks, just the enormous body and the head, no pain, slice the meat as required. "Beeves", they called them. And why not? (Bleugh).
When I first read this I thought it was about the hydroponic idea of growing meat as tissue cultures in a nutrient bath, which would be the most ultimate form of sci fi meat production. Forget penned up animals and the whole life/death/slaughtering/harvesting cycle. Just grow your steak in a dish and serve when ready.
Latest concern with meat, after steroids and hormones, is antibiotics...