Some people confuse energy efficient with market viable
Many products are way more expensive than the energy required to mine them. Gold, Bitcoin, Kobe Beef, etc. etc. etc.
Science is not economics.
You need to create a market for cruelty free meat.
200 years ago, slave labor would have been the most "cheapest option" and any system to replace it would have been economically unviable.
The point of veganism, vegetarianism, or animal rights in general at any level is a moral issue, not a utilitarian one.
If it costs more to be a more moral society we will do so.
Many products are way more expensive than the energy required to mine them. Gold, Bitcoin, Kobe Beef, etc. etc. etc. Science is not economics. You need to create a market for cruelty free meat.
200 years ago, slave labor would have been the most "cheapest option" and any system to replace it would have been economically unviable.
The point of veganism, vegetarianism, or animal rights in general at any level is a moral issue, not a utilitarian one.
If it costs more to be a more moral society we will do so.