October 2015 PMID 26383898

Anticipatory Life Cycle Analysis of In Vitro Biomass Cultivation for Cultured Meat Production in the United States.

Carolyn S Mattick, Amy E Landis, Braden R Allenby, Nicholas J Genovese

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What people are saying

Discussions reflect a nuanced debate around the environmental impacts of cultured meat, with some posters emphasizing its potential to reduce land use and emissions if renewable energy is used, as seen in comments praising low-impact outcomes. Conversely, others question the assumptions underlying the publication, citing the energy-intensive nature of industrial processes and the use of questionable sources, which moderates the overall perception of impact. The tone varies from optimistic to skeptical, with participants referencing scientific studies and technological limitations to support their viewpoints.

AgreementLow agreement

The majority of discussions express skepticism or raise questions about the environmental benefits of cultured meat, indicating some disagreement or cautious stance regarding the publication's optimistic implications.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity, with many referencing multiple studies, different countries, and technological aspects, demonstrating strong interest in the subject and its broader implications.

EngagementModerate engagement

Several discussions delve into detailed scientific debates, critique assumptions, and compare alternatives, reflecting a moderate level of deep engagement rather than surface-level commentary.

ImpactNeutral impact

While the discussions highlight the relevance of the topic and its potential significance, many express doubt about the actual environmental or industrial impact, suggesting perceptions of moderate impact rather than high.

Abstract in brief

  • The study explores the environmental impacts of producing cultured meat from animal stem cells in specialized facilities, comparing it to traditional livestock like beef, pork, and poultry.
  • It suggests that in vitro biomass cultivation might use less land and agricultural resources, but could also demand more energy due to replacing biological processes with industrial ones.
  • Overall, the research highlights potential environmental benefits and tradeoffs, indicating that large-scale in vitro meat production could lead to a new, complex phase of industrialization.]

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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra · X

Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't run on low carbon electricity. But the production of cultured meat and milk can! This is often overlooked. (see picture & thread) https://t.co/nId59Rk7iN https://t.co/VsmAuT3xgi

Jul 29, 2020 · 17 likes · 8 shares · 50,370 followers View post →
川流桃桜@UnmasktheEmpire
@kawamomotwitt · X

2015年の研究。合成肉は家畜よりも必要な農業投入物や土地は減るものの、より集中的なエネルギー使用を必要とする可能性が有る。> https://t.co/Xjtp7m1Esj

Feb 4, 2022 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 6,582 followers View post →
Florimond Peureux
@florimond_p · X

Problème, cette affirmation repose sur des hypothèses questionnables issues d'une autre étude de 2015, à commencer par une impossible prise en compte des évolutions technologiques... et des bioréacteurs alimentés par un mix non décarboné ! https://t.co/ojUXBSWYkG

Jul 19, 2023 · 6 likes · 4,771 followers View post →
Frédéric Leroy
@fleroy1974 · X

@TyRBeal @vanvlietphd @SustainableDish @GHGGuru And this: https://t.co/NIsfMeAjgK

Dec 2, 2020 · 5 likes · 29,113 followers View post →
New Harvest
@NewHarvestOrg · X

@altusda @PatTheTerrible The technology is still too speculative to really know. The best/most recent cultured meat lifecycle assessment is probably this: https://t.co/uHp7RjUj5i

May 8, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 7,675 followers View post →
Daniele Focosi, MD PhD MSc
@dfocosi · X

A volte quello che ci piace chiamare “progresso” non lo è. https://t.co/iFPzUUOtiU https://t.co/WQVQeYzQvu https://t.co/UVKYQMERmD E rimarrebbero pure necessari le aggiunte di antibiotici (le colture cellulari non hanno un sistema immunitario) e di anabolizzanti. https://t.co/iMXeK8iv1N

Mar 29, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 6,075 followers View post →

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J. Pascual
@JuanPascual4 · X

@elliotswartz Problem of lab grown meat -one of many-is that it fights against a moving target CH4 emissions can be cut with additives & technology Europe emissions from livestock are <7% Here why lab grown emissions higher than from real meat: https://t.co/xXbg30y23S https://t.co/NvmTzI0m2V

Nov 12, 2023 · 11,267 followers View post →
Florimond Peureux
@florimond_p · X

Problème, cette affirmation repose sur des hypothèses questionnables issues d'une autre étude de 2015, à commencer par une impossible prise en compte des évolutions technologiques... et des bioréacteurs alimentés par un mix non décarboné ! https://t.co/ojUXBSWYkG

Jul 19, 2023 · 6 likes · 4,771 followers View post →
massimo maraziti
@MarazitiMassimo · X

RT @dfocosi: A volte quello che ci piace chiamare “progresso” non lo è. https://t.co/iFPzUUOtiU https://t.co/WQVQeYzQvu https://t.co/UVK…

Apr 9, 2023 · 1 share · 869 followers View post →
Daniele Focosi, MD PhD MSc
@dfocosi · X

A volte quello che ci piace chiamare “progresso” non lo è. https://t.co/iFPzUUOtiU https://t.co/WQVQeYzQvu https://t.co/UVKYQMERmD E rimarrebbero pure necessari le aggiunte di antibiotici (le colture cellulari non hanno un sistema immunitario) e di anabolizzanti. https://t.co/iMXeK8iv1N

Mar 29, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 6,075 followers View post →
obscurepurist
@obscurepurist · X

@medroogle @FoxNews Environmental science & Tech 49, no.19: 11941-49, https://t.co/huYj4gURf1

Jan 15, 2023 · 142 followers View post →
Paul Westerhoff
@WesterhoffPaul · X

Anticipatory Life Cycle Analysis of In Vitro Biomass Cultivation for Cultured Meat Production in the United States https://t.co/F8cvLB1m9I @STEPS_STC

Nov 1, 2022 · 99 followers View post →
dev TAKEOFF
@TSolserer · X

@samvwaal @Sallyjoagain @pmarca this is one such article that indicates scaling cell culture for the world is basically another round of industrialization.. https://t.co/AFU4hXi4c1 basically from the concept of emergy (energy flows) cultured meat has a long way to be as efficient as nature

Mar 27, 2022 · 1 like · 2,668 followers View post →
KK生
@kk_says · X

RT @kawamomotwitt: 2015年の研究。合成肉は家畜よりも必要な農業投入物や土地は減るものの、より集中的なエネルギー使用を必要とする可能性が有る。> https://t.co/Xjtp7m1Esj

Feb 5, 2022 · 3 shares · 3,390 followers View post →
やっさん
@kuanyi_vet · X

RT @kawamomotwitt: 2015年の研究。合成肉は家畜よりも必要な農業投入物や土地は減るものの、より集中的なエネルギー使用を必要とする可能性が有る。> https://t.co/Xjtp7m1Esj

Feb 4, 2022 · 3 shares · 729 followers View post →
よーすけ
@yoshimichi0409 · X

RT @kawamomotwitt: 2015年の研究。合成肉は家畜よりも必要な農業投入物や土地は減るものの、より集中的なエネルギー使用を必要とする可能性が有る。> https://t.co/Xjtp7m1Esj

Feb 4, 2022 · 3 shares · 6,918 followers View post →
川流桃桜@UnmasktheEmpire
@kawamomotwitt · X

2015年の研究。合成肉は家畜よりも必要な農業投入物や土地は減るものの、より集中的なエネルギー使用を必要とする可能性が有る。> https://t.co/Xjtp7m1Esj

Feb 4, 2022 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 6,582 followers View post →
t.
@numesnat · X

@Gargotejant @esparver @escabellat L'escenari amb renovables seria el CM (sust.), on en aquest cas sí q consideren que tindria menys impacte q porc/pollastre. De tota manera depen de l'estudi els marges son diferents (p.ex: https://t.co/TzCvLveOJd) El que és inequivoc es que tindria molt menys impacte q ruminants.

Aug 9, 2021 · 1 like · 173 followers View post →
Sara Keough
@Eco_Nutrition1 · X

@GeorgeMonbiot https://t.co/u17T5zFJ8h

Dec 2, 2020 · 83 followers View post →
Sara Keough
@Eco_Nutrition1 · X

@GeorgeMonbiot https://t.co/u17T5zFJ8h

Dec 2, 2020 · 83 followers View post →
Frédéric Leroy
@fleroy1974 · X

@TyRBeal @vanvlietphd @SustainableDish @GHGGuru And this: https://t.co/NIsfMeAjgK

Dec 2, 2020 · 5 likes · 29,113 followers View post →
florianforster.bsky.social @florian_forster@mas.to
@Florian_Forster · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 30, 2020 · 8 shares · 965 followers View post →
Dominique De Munck
@DominiqueDeMunc · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 526 followers View post →
Daniel Flöjt
@MediYoga_ax · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 1,528 followers View post →
Nikolas Badminton
@NikolasFuturist · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 5,104 followers View post →
Æ-LEX
@TurboWealthLex · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 1,893 followers View post →
Tesla 4 the Kids trust fund.
@tesla4the · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 1,498 followers View post →
Defender of
@e2dot7182818284 · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 4,312 followers View post →
Bradd Libby
@bradd_libby · X

RT @AukeHoekstra: Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't…

Jul 29, 2020 · 8 shares · 1,138 followers View post →
AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra · X

Can we get meat, milk and cheese with really low CO2 emissions and land use? I think so! Cows, pigs and chickens can't run on low carbon electricity. But the production of cultured meat and milk can! This is often overlooked. (see picture & thread) https://t.co/nId59Rk7iN https://t.co/VsmAuT3xgi

Jul 29, 2020 · 17 likes · 8 shares · 50,370 followers View post →
Hidde Boersma
@Hiddemhigh · X

@Frank_Luttels @afgijselijk en deze is ook interessant. het is zeker niet alleen maar rozengeur met fake meat. https://t.co/C5GvQZmkXJ

May 22, 2020 · 1 like · 7,512 followers View post →
The People's Department of Food and Well-Being
@altusda · X

RT @NewHarvestOrg: @altusda @PatTheTerrible The technology is still too speculative to really know. The best/most recent cultured meat life…

May 8, 2020 · 1 share · 162,451 followers View post →
New Harvest
@NewHarvestOrg · X

@altusda @PatTheTerrible The technology is still too speculative to really know. The best/most recent cultured meat lifecycle assessment is probably this: https://t.co/uHp7RjUj5i

May 8, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 7,675 followers View post →
Sceptihuahua
@Namenameha1 · X

@mrmattjackson @pibblepeople @DorckeyHellmice @eugenegu they have primary research studies in the article, like this https://t.co/Nn1MFxxmlr

Apr 12, 2020 · 56 followers View post →
Jiembé
@Jiemb1 · X

@Sturm_Truppen_ @dref21 @MacLesggy @sfoucart 1⃣ je ne prétend pas maîtriser tous les tenants et aboutissants du sujet. 2⃣ rien de ce qui est dit dans cette vidéo ne réfute les constats que j'ai énoncés, à part peut être l'impact environnemental, mais c'est loin d'être un consensus scientifique → https://t.co/Xq3IDbjusi

Mar 7, 2020 · 1,102 followers View post →
Russ Conser
@russ_conser · X

With "lab grown" meat all the rage, want to remind that the hoped benefit of such hangs on likely using MORE "industrial" energy, not less (fig 3 below from https://t.co/kqAuIFBWJ8 ). Only #regenerativeagriculture can take the right chart below 0, because uses mostly sunshine. https://t.co/948TBdzD7G

Jan 8, 2020 · 673 followers View post →
ACLCA
@ACLCA · X

This study examines the #environmental implications of this emerging technology and compares the results with published impacts of different meats. #Anticipatory #LifeCycleAnalysis of In Vitro Biomass Cultivation for Cultured Meat Production in the U.S.: https://t.co/bAZFtWIgsi https://t.co/pGW30n49Vp

Dec 14, 2019 · 1 like · 1,237 followers View post →
Quentin Mathieu
@MathieuQuentin4 · X

@joriannev2 @Draven974 @Treich13 Je ne vais pas citer toutes les études prospectives (tout de même, une autre à ma connaissance plus ancienne : https://t.co/ZeUMoHgKu1), je pense juste que la dimension environnementale est bien plus complexe sur cette question de la production de viande de synthèse.

Aug 5, 2019 · 1,166 followers View post →
mimamu
@m0rdhorst · X

@Eeebual @schauol1 @MartinHaeusling Hier geht es um In-vitro-Fleisch. Wenn das mal technisch so weit ist wird es in der Ökobilanz vermutlich mit Abstand schlechter abschneiden als jede Tierhaltung weil der technische und energetische Aufwand viel grösser ist. https://t.co/TkUL8kFnnX https://t.co/RmEXiRV0qx

Mar 5, 2019 · 86 followers View post →
Katherine Marcano-Bell
@LatinaFarmerUSA · X

@GHGGuru @jonnettlefold @AllanRSavory @Smark_phd @drdairy50 @LouiseStephen9 @figureoutfood @JoannaBlythman Environmental implications of Cultured Meat as an emerging technology, compared to beef, pork, and poultry. Is it worth it? https://t.co/0IhsCiv5tT

Feb 28, 2019 · 2,812 followers View post →
Katherine Marcano-Bell
@LatinaFarmerUSA · X

#Environmental implications of #CulturedMeat as an emerging technology, compared to #beef, #pork, and #poultry Is it worth it? https://t.co/0IhsCiv5tT

Feb 28, 2019 · 2,812 followers View post →