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Friedrich: Animal agriculture cannot feed 9.7 billion people by 2050
“We're looking to feed 9.7 billion people by 20 50. We're not going to do that with animal agriculture.”
Friedrich: Capping climate change under 2C by 2050 impossible without reduced meat intake
“According to Chatham House, the foremost think tank in Europe, it's a literal and scientific impossibility that we keep climate change under two degrees Celsius by 20 50. Unless meat consumption goes down, and right now it's going up.”
Friedrich: Alternative meat will be cheaper than conventional meat at scale
“These products require exponentially fewer resources, and they require significantly fewer stages of production. So once they're at scale, they will be cheaper.”
Friedrich: Lower-priced alternative meats will win market share automatically
“I think as the price comes down and as these products expand and become more convenient, they are going to compete for market share with animal-based meat, regardless of whether people understand that they're also making the world a better place by buying thes…”
Friedrich: Clean meat launch will expose conventional meat production practices to consumers
“The fact that clean meat is going to come to market will accentuate for people the differences between clean meat production and conventional meat reproduction. Once clean meat is produced, then people will have choices, and that will, I think, raise the issue…”