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According to another BBC article the environmental impact is significantly smaller.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23576143

>An independent study found that lab-grown beef uses 45% less energy than the average global representative figure for farming cattle. It also produces 96% fewer greenhouse gas emissions and requires 99% less land.

I'd really like to know how something that is 200,000 times more expensive could currently have less of an environmental impact. I just don't see how you move that much money and don't make an impact.

It is currently far more expensive. Currently. Look at the prize to synthesise DNA, which has crashed like there is no tomorrow. If these prizes follow that then in a decade or two this will be cheaper than real meat.

Yes, currently I believe the cost is due to a single professor making it in a lab with lab assistants, ordering small amounts of materials, preparing in small batches.

Potentially, it could be as simple as making soy protein or Smarties (that's an American candy btw) https://www.google.com/search?q=smarties&client=firefox-a&hs...

I suppose you'll need to see the published findings... Oh wait. There aren't any.

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