Good question, I’m looking forward to the replies.
I’m cautiously optimistic because I think the field has a lot of untapped potential but won’t reach it without way more public support. For example:
“very little public sector funding has been dedicated to alt protein research and development (R&D) to date… [in 2020 the] public expenditure on clean energy R&D in 2020 was $27 billion, which is 490 times the public investment awarded to alt protein R&D [which was $55 million].”—GFI 2021
The public R&D for alt proteins is a fraction of just the US’s annual budget for conventional agriculture agriculture research (about $3.7 billion—Lewis Bollard 2021) and although that bums me out, it also provides an opportunity to turn the tide.
So I think it’s too soon to give up on alternative proteins, but way too soon to be complacent.
Good question, I’m looking forward to the replies.
I’m cautiously optimistic because I think the field has a lot of untapped potential but won’t reach it without way more public support. For example:
“very little public sector funding has been dedicated to alt protein research and development (R&D) to date… [in 2020 the] public expenditure on clean energy R&D in 2020 was $27 billion, which is 490 times the public investment awarded to alt protein R&D [which was $55 million].”—GFI 2021
The public R&D for alt proteins is a fraction of just the US’s annual budget for conventional agriculture agriculture research (about $3.7 billion—Lewis Bollard 2021) and although that bums me out, it also provides an opportunity to turn the tide.
So I think it’s too soon to give up on alternative proteins, but way too soon to be complacent.
Welcome to the Forum, David! I’m a big fan of Volts.
Lol, thanks but I have nothing to do with Volts (I just share the same name with that guy :)
edit: I changed my username to avoid confusion and besmirching his good name