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In fact, some cakes can't even be made without egg whites specifically (no, aquafaba just doesn't work for them) - most chiffon cakes, Japanese cheesecake, angel food cake etc.
But the main problem with that argument is that - taken to its logical conclusion - it results in "Well, this grey goo provides all of the nutrients everybody needs, I'm confused as to why nobody's buying it".
This analysis made for interesting reading (* warning, if you aren't already allergic to the word 'fiat' you might well be after reading) https://www.aier.org/article/everything-is-the-feds-fault-a-review-of-the-fiat-standard/
* Edit, the link was OK, but now looks like the website has been hit by the current MS clusterfuck
Selective quote from the article regarding Saifedean Ammous's book, for those time challenged or can't be arsed to read it all.
"The book reads like a 350-page under-sourced rallying tweet full of insults, name-calling, and hyperbolic language. While entertaining, it’s tiresome – and worth very little. Saif’s aggressive tone and outlandish claims undercut his argument and bewilder the reader. He rarely provides references for his claims, and seldom does he even identify the opponents he attacks.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
What ever happened to them?
I do however tend to agree with the general opposition to some highly mechanically prepared & processed foods...
Electric guitars, amps, effects pedals, it’s all cheating and replacing that organic acoustic guitar for an assimilation…just take me back to the good old days man.
And can you imagine the uproar when we were told we had to free the African slaves? Who the hell was gonna wait and serve on the Gentry?
So these debates can sometimes stir a little irony/contradiction within ourselves and so far easier to stand strong in our beliefs and ignore any form of rational argument that could render us hypocrites. As they say…ignorance is bliss.
Now if you have no interest in easing the current vile level of suffering within our foodchain and all other associated chaos at little cost to ourselves(eventually, if it can be done)then this is up to you.
I’m a proper Luddite when it comes to music, but not when it comes to mass suffering and torture
As an earlier contributor noted, cannibalism is the way to go... eat one person and reduce your carbon footprint by 100%, or, make a huge difference and eat a couple of airline pilots
Seriously, the solutions to the increasing pace and scale of climate change are something that will take some getting used to, but the luxury of choosing not to is one that is increasingly expensive. Societal level change is slow, if necessary, but individual action can also make a positive difference... whether that is eating less meat, driving less, changing who you bank with so you're not investing in climate damage, joining a scheme to offset, reduce and avoid emissions etc... on our own we're just drips in a bucket, but collectively those drips can amount to an ocean and positively impact even the largest issues.
Sometimes I feel entirely overwhelmed and depressed about the lack of urgency over the need for adaptation and mitigation measures, but overall I still feel it's both important and necessary to make a positive contribution to the changes needed and advocate through daily actions - however small. Nearly everyone has the ability to make some modest positive input and together that's what ultimately makes for a healthy society, community and to try and reduce our impact on the planet we share with everything else in the natural world.
I'm off to play cricket so can't find a counter review, save to say that my point stands. Business, Governments, and powerful NGO's fund science and as such won't suffer any dissidence.
I was racking my brains to think of where I read that ultra-processed foods are killing us....it was the BBC.
I'll stand by my feelings of distrust and distaste toward the push toward grey sludge, owning nothing, driving nowhere, and being happy.
Small steps away from a healthy independently minded life.
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If artificially-grown meat does have health implications it will be because it doesn’t contain all the other minor constituents that animal-based meat does. This may be possible to solve by further genetic engineering - we’re still at the very first stages so far.
It’s also not going to result in the complete loss of animal-based agriculture, especially in wealthier parts of the world - there will always be a demand for high quality real meat. But if it can remove the need for industrial battery farming and the destruction of vast areas of rainforest and savannah to make room for low-quality beef production - which is a serious threat to the whole world - that is a very good thing.
I don’t think anyone is suggesting that we need to stop eating meat - but if we could even just halve the amount we produce by livestock farming it will make a big difference.
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