Comments on: Better Off Ted: Test Tube Meat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/26/better-off-ted-test-tube-meat/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Full Game http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/26/better-off-ted-test-tube-meat/#comment-1904 Full Game Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:01:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/26/better-off-ted-test-tube-meat/#comment-1904 gives utilize a fantastic ınternet site decent Gives cheers for the hard work to support people gives utilize a fantastic ınternet site decent Gives cheers for the hard work to support people

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]]> By: Uncle Al http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/26/better-off-ted-test-tube-meat/#comment-1902 Uncle Al Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:03:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/26/better-off-ted-test-tube-meat/#comment-1902 A standard laying house is 125,000 hens. That is why acceptible quality chicken breasts and thighs can be on sale for $(US)0.99/lb. You can't do that in tissue culture for 100X the price. Sales volume won't save you. Good's zwitterion buffers taste awful. If you want cheaper chicken, gene-gineer chickens without feathers. It's a huge waste stream of protein and cooling the barns is expensive. Chicken metabolism is around 78 kcal/day-kg. 125,000 chickens emit smelly 472 kW 24/7. A standard laying house is 125,000 hens. That is why acceptible quality chicken breasts and thighs can be on sale for $(US)0.99/lb. You can’t do that in tissue culture for 100X the price. Sales volume won’t save you. Good’s zwitterion buffers taste awful.

If you want cheaper chicken, gene-gineer chickens without feathers. It’s a huge waste stream of protein and cooling the barns is expensive. Chicken metabolism is around 78 kcal/day-kg. 125,000 chickens emit smelly 472 kW 24/7.

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