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    4 days ago

    Iā€™m sure the CO2 output will go down over time, considering how new the technology is, relatively speaking.

    When you think about how much water and feed is required to make a substantially smaller portion of meat, then this technology is highly likely to undercut the CO2 emissions of traditional meat production once itā€™s done on a large enough scale, considering that, at least based on what Iā€™ve seen, the main expenditure of resources is just a pure nutrient solution, with the rest being electricity to generally operate the machinery, and maintain temperature (and of course, weā€™ve seen many advancements in heat pump-like technology in recent years making it insanely efficient at maintaining heat for a fraction of the electricity it traditionally costs.)