Why Musk is Pro Lab Grown Meat. On paper. - by Leo Andre
A few weeks before the truly walloping Democratic defeat which led to Elon Musk’s appointment as co-head of the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), First Buddy and Chief Budget Torcher, he appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. The conversation inevitably turned to the environmental impacts of meat. Or rather, the alleged lack of, since both appeared very much in agreement that meat consumption had little to no effect on climate change. Musk described the notion of cutting back on meat to combat climate change as irrelevant while Rogan insinuated the push for plant based diets might be driven by ideological or economic agendas rather than environmental and existential necessity.
Not only do their claims lack any basis in scientific fact, they boldly fly against the well-established scientific consensus that animal agriculture contributes between 15-20% of Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. If not far more. Their claims also entirely overlook the myriad of externalities attributed to animal agriculture: deforestation, loss of biodiversity, species extinction, water and antibiotic overuse, waste run-off, methane emissions, opportunity costs and many more.
With a combined audience of nearly 220 million between Rogan’s podcast listeners and Musk’s social media followers, such claims are not just false but dangerous. They spread misinformation and encourage behaviours that accelerate climate change and environmental collapse.
