What is synthetic meat that Bill Gates is vouching for? Will it help fight climate change?

American business magnate and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates believes that all rich countries should switch to eat ‘100% syntic’ meat in order to combat climate change. third-richest man in world suggested his ideas about syntic meat as way forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a new interview with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology Review. Gates assured that people can ‘get used to taste’ and said that people are claiming it will even get better ‘with time’.

When asked about how to reduce methane emission which is a greenhouse gas, Bill Gates said, ‘I do think all rich countries should move to 100% syntic meat. You can get used to taste difference, and claim is y’re going to make it taste even better over time. Eventually, that green premium is modest enough that you can sort of change [behaviour of] people or use regulation to totally shift demand.’

Bill Gates’ new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” has come out on February 16. In same interview, he also talked about challenges in tackling emissions when it comes to livestock and suggested that ‘faux’ meat might be a way to move forward while also noting popularity of ‘Impossible Foods’. Microsoft co-founder h said, “re are all things where y feed m different food like re’s this one compound that gives you a 20% reduction [in methane emissions]”

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What is syntic meat?

Syntic or cultured meat that Bill Gates mentioned in an interview with MIT Technology Review, is produced by in vitro cell culture of animal cells inste of livestock. Basically, it is a form of cellular agriculture and cultured meat is produced using many of same tissue engineering techniques that are used in regenerative medicine. Science Focus said in an article that world h watched as food critics tucked into first-ever lab-grown burger, back in 2013.  That pink patty that was placed in front of media took two years to prepare and over $300,000 to produce. 

However, since n, cost of producing artificial meat has plunged. In January 2016, a company called ‘Memphis Meats’ produced a “cultured meatball” for around $1,000. Now, several start-ups and non-profit organisations are working on several or lab-grown animal products including pork, chicken, turkey, fish, milk, egg whites, gelatin, and even lear.

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