By Mustafa Karabekmez
Can artificial meat save the planet?When we talk about climate change, everyone thinks about carbon releases through automobiles and transportation.Transport accounts for around 30% of global carbon emissions, and 72% of these emissions come from road transportation – from cars, vans, lorries, buses and other road vehicles.Switching energy systems from fossil fuels to renewables like solar or wind will reduce the emissions driving climate change.According to UN, approximately 25 per cent of the globe’s greenhouse gas emissions come from land clearing, crop production and fertilization, with animal-based food contributing 75 per cent of that.Reducing red meat consumption of humanity, may decrease livestock population and have the potential to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.As an emerging science, artificial meat or lab grown meat or more scientifically cultured meat from animal cells may save our planet. Cultured meat has high potential to spare animal lives, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to climate change and a solution for global food crisis.No animals are killed for producing cultured meat. The stem cells are taken from cow, lamb or chicken through biopsied and grown by in vitro cell culture. Then these animal tissues are growing in lab like regenerative medicine. For fast growing process scientist feed and maintained cultured meat. These labs called as bioreactors and cultured meat feed in a solution that has amino acids, fats, vitamins, minerals, proteins, sugars, iron, insulin, oxygen all of the nutrients needed to encourage cell growth. By changing the composition of feeding it is possible to ratio of fat in the cultured meat and may meet the different taste demand. Lab grown meat will use dramatically less amount of water and land. There will be limited CO2 or methane releases comparing to large farms. Since it is grown in a sterilized lab, there will limited risk for bacterial contamination.It is clear that current red meat consumption of humanity is not sustainable. Livestock animal population needs more and more water, green land, energy and pollutes air with CO2 and methane. On the other hand, humanity needs protein. But access to natural meat for poor communities is a serious issue. Lab grown meat is very expensive now, but when the large scale production is available in a few years it well be definitely cheaper than natural meat. Whether you may like the taste of lab grown meat or not butdefinitely we may the last generation who will taste natural meat and lab grown meat at the same decades.
Can artificial meat save the planet?When we talk about climate change, everyone thinks about carbon releases through automobiles and transportation.Transport accounts for around 30% of global carbon emissions, and 72% of these emissions come from road transportation – from cars, vans, lorries, buses and other road vehicles.Switching energy systems from fossil fuels to renewables like solar or wind will reduce the emissions driving climate change.According to UN, approximately 25 per cent of the globe’s greenhouse gas emissions come from land clearing, crop production and fertilization, with animal-based food contributing 75 per cent of that.Reducing red meat consumption of humanity, may decrease livestock population and have the potential to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.As an emerging science, artificial meat or lab grown meat or more scientifically cultured meat from animal cells may save our planet. Cultured meat has high potential to spare animal lives, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to climate change and a solution for global food crisis.No animals are killed for producing cultured meat. The stem cells are taken from cow, lamb or chicken through biopsied and grown by in vitro cell culture. Then these animal tissues are growing in lab like regenerative medicine. For fast growing process scientist feed and maintained cultured meat. These labs called as bioreactors and cultured meat feed in a solution that has amino acids, fats, vitamins, minerals, proteins, sugars, iron, insulin, oxygen all of the nutrients needed to encourage cell growth. By changing the composition of feeding it is possible to ratio of fat in the cultured meat and may meet the different taste demand. Lab grown meat will use dramatically less amount of water and land. There will be limited CO2 or methane releases comparing to large farms. Since it is grown in a sterilized lab, there will limited risk for bacterial contamination.It is clear that current red meat consumption of humanity is not sustainable. Livestock animal population needs more and more water, green land, energy and pollutes air with CO2 and methane. On the other hand, humanity needs protein. But access to natural meat for poor communities is a serious issue. Lab grown meat is very expensive now, but when the large scale production is available in a few years it well be definitely cheaper than natural meat. Whether you may like the taste of lab grown meat or not butdefinitely we may the last generation who will taste natural meat and lab grown meat at the same decades.