Critics of alternative protein insist it’s not a silver bullet. That’s true. But it’s a bad idea to dismiss it entirely.
edit: I couldn’t edit the link of my previous post, so I deleted it. I find that this article from food tank is more interesting that the old generic article (https://civileats.com/2022/04/07/op-ed-fake-meat-wont-solve-the-climate-crisis/)
Maybe you already read the new report from IPES-Food regarding fake meat (full report - content warning: pictures of living animal in bad places - infosheet - summary). I you are not aware if this report, you should, because it will be communicate and use in medias and could shift the discussion about proteins.
A summary:
So we need to take those arguments in consideration when talking about meat alternative. It appears that they are not sustainable if the business is limited to big corporations: this can be a wake up call that we have to be careful about the products we consume, even if they are plant based.
I’m not saying that live stock is by any mean a solution, but don’t let the discussion simply switch to how bad fake meat are. Let’s take in consideration that it may be not a so good solution.
But we never needed those products to being with. Most of the fake meat products are not designed for vegan. We are not a big enough market share. Maybe we just need to be more conscious about how bad they are, but this doesn’t change the fact that we need to stop consuming animal products.