Where’s the synthebeef?
Coming soon, if People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has anything to say about it:
The organization said it would announce plans on Monday for a $1 million prize to the “first person to come up with a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012.”
This was hardly a unanimous decision for the group:
A founder of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, said she had been hoping to get the organization involved in advancing in vitro meat technology for at least a decade.
But, Ms. Newkirk said, the decision to sponsor a prize caused “a near civil war in our office,” since so many PETA members are repulsed by the thought of eating animal tissue, even if no animals are killed.
I admit I have some misgivings about decanting a T-bone from an Erlenmeyer flask, but it’s probably still better than arugula.
(Via Daily Pundit.)
unimpressed »
22 April 2008 · 4:41 pm
I have a difficult time giving any credence to anything promoted or endorsed by anyone involved with PETA.
Jeffro »
23 April 2008 · 1:10 am
Perhaps someone can grow synthetic brains for the PETArds.
unimpressed »
23 April 2008 · 5:15 pm
LOL! From those I’ve met, tank-grown brains would be an improvement. For normal folks, synthetics would be a step down.