@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导In2019,humanityreceivedawarning:30oftheworld'sleadingscientistsreleasedtheresultsofamassivethree-yearstudyintoglobalagricultureanddeclaredthatmeatproductionisdestroyingourplanetandjeopardizingglobalhealth.Oneofthestudy'sauthorsexplainedthat"humanitynowposesathreattothestabilityoftheplanet...Thisrequiresnothinglessthananewglobalagriculturalrevolution."Assomebodywho'sspentthelasttwodecadesadvocatingashiftawayfromindustrialmeatproduction,Iwantedtobelievethatthisclarioncallwasgoingtomakeadifference.Thethingis,I'veseenthissortofthingagainandagainandagainfordecades.Themainpointofthesestudiestendstobeclimatechange.Butantibioticresistancerepresentsjustasbigofathreat.Wearefeedingmassivedosesofantibioticstofarmanimals.Theseantibioticsarethenmutatingintosuperbugsthatthreatentorenderantibioticsobsoletewithinallofourlifetimes.Youwantascare?Google:"theendofworkingantibiotics."I'mgoingtogetonethingoutoftheway:Iamnotheretotellanybodywhattoeat.Individualactionisgreat,butantibioticresistanceandclimatechange--theyrequiremore.Besides,convincingtheworldtoeatlessmeathasn'tworked.For50years,environmentalists,globalhealthexpertsandanimalactivistshavebeenbeggingthepublictoeatlessmeat.Andyet,percapitameatconsumptionisashighasit'sbeeninrecordedhistory.TheaverageNorthAmericanlastyearatemorethan200poundsofmeat.AndIdidn'teatany,whichmeanssomebodyoutthereate400poundsofmeat.Onourcurrenttrajectory,we'regoingtoneedtobeproducing70to100percentmoremeatby2050.Thisrequiresaglobalsolution.Whatweneedtodoisweneedtoproducethemeatthatpeoplelove,butweneedtoproduceitinawholenewway.I'vegotacoupleofideas.Ideanumberone:let'sgrowmeatfromplants.Insteadofgrowingplants,feedingthemtoanimals,andallofthatinefficiency,let'sgrowthoseplants,let'sbiomimicmeatwiththem,let'smakeplant-basedmeat.Ideanumbertwo:foractualanimalmeat,let'sgrowitdirectlyfromcells.Insteadofgrowingliveanimals,let'sgrowthecellsdirectly.Ittakessixweekstogrowachickentoslaughterweight.Growthecellsdirectly,youcangetthatsamegrowthinsixdays.It'syourfriendlyneighborhoodmeatbrewery.Iwanttomaketwopointsaboutthis.Thefirstoneis,webelievewecandoit.Inrecentyears,somecompanieshavebeenproducingmeatfromplantsthatconsumerscannotdistinguishfromactualanimalmeat,andtherearenowdozensofcompaniesgrowingactualanimalmeatdirectlyfromcells.Thisplant-basedandcell-basedmeatgivesconsumerseverythingthattheyloveaboutmeat--thetaste,thetextureandsoon--butwithnoneedforantibioticsandwithafractionoftheadverseimpactontheclimate.Andbecausethesetwotechnologiesaresomuchmoreefficient,atproductionscaletheseproductswillbecheaper.Butonequickpointaboutthat--it'snotgonnabeeasy.Theseplant-basedcompanieshavespentsmallfortunesontheirburgers,andcell-basedmeathasnotyetbeencommercializedatall.Sowe'regoingtoneedallhandsondecktomakethesetheglobalmeatindustry.
