Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer
Bill Gates Wants Us to Eat 100% Synthetic Beef. He Has a Point.
- Bill Gates suggests synthetic beef like Beyond Meat is a key part of climate action.
- Lab-grown meat still has extremely high costs, but taste-wise, it has passed muster.
- Gates pushes meat alternatives because of meat’s high cost in global emissions.
Bill Gates has a big idea to fight climate change. The Microsoft cofounder and chair of the investment fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures recently suggested that “all rich countries should move to 100 [percent] synthetic beef” in an interview with MIT Technology Review.
Why is Gates, a direct and indirect investor in brands like Beyond Meats and Impossible Foods, pushing for synthetic meat—particularly synthetic beef—as a climate solution?