> Meat's probably never going away

This is actually something I've been willing to bet on with the right odds (although it's not really practical). I think that there's a good chance that all fast-food chains will be meatless within my lifetime.

It would take one really serious mad-cow-ish health scare across a few major national chains to really reduce people's faith in fast food meat. It's unlikely, but not THAT unlikely, in my opinion.