I sat and read a peculiar story today....over how the Pentagon is seeking some kind of 'approval' to feed American troops ‘experimental’ lab-grown meat in order to reduce CO2 footprint.
They seem to want some gov't agency to say it's 'OK'.
I paused over this.
For the better part of seven years.....in my Air Force years....I ate chow-hall food. For breakfast, I learned quickly that they could screw up and give you some spoiled food....which could lead to a ambulance call (1977, at the tech school in Texas....they had to pick up three guys over an hour with awful bad stomach cramps).
Would military folks eat fake-meat? If you said the word 'experimental'....then I'm pretty sure that 98-percent would say 'NO thanks'. If you leave out 'experimental'....you might get up to 5-percent willing to try it.
Cheaper than meat? Well...this is the interesting part of the story. Back in 2021....some analysis was done, and the experts said per pound....lab-grown meat would cost a minimum of $17 (possibly getting up to $23).....while regular meat was around $6.
So cost is going to be an issue for the funds-limited chow hall folks.
My belief? It'll come in....be served to a small number of folks....some kind of stomach cramp problem will come up as a mystery health issue, and quietly be retired after 18 months.
